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Roma the first : a biography of Dame Roma Mitchell / Susan Magarey & Kerrie Round.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Kent Town, S. Aust. : Wakefield Press, 2007.Description: ix, 465 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781862547803 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Roma 1st
  • Roma the 1st
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.092 22
Contents:
1. Growing up caring, competitive and Catholic -- 2. Courses in law, and life -- 3. World War Two -- 4. Out of the frozen fifties -- 5. Roma the First -- 6. The golden years -- 7. Roma the reformer -- 8. Citizen of the world -- 9. Contradictions and continuities -- 10. A very good retirement -- 11. A private citizen again -- 12. Epilogue.
Summary: Roma Mitchell contributed importantly to her times, pioneering a new kind of womanhood and becoming an inspiration in terms of opportunities and freedoms for women in Australia.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 340.092 MAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 66144

Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-453) and index.

1. Growing up caring, competitive and Catholic -- 2. Courses in law, and life -- 3. World War Two -- 4. Out of the frozen fifties -- 5. Roma the First -- 6. The golden years -- 7. Roma the reformer -- 8. Citizen of the world -- 9. Contradictions and continuities -- 10. A very good retirement -- 11. A private citizen again -- 12. Epilogue.

Roma Mitchell contributed importantly to her times, pioneering a new kind of womanhood and becoming an inspiration in terms of opportunities and freedoms for women in Australia.

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