Author: Lekkie Hopkins
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1925163377
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Throughout the 1930s May Holman was a household name and aninspiration to the women of her generation. She made history in 1925when, at age thirty-one, she became Australia's first female Laborparliamentarian, holding the seat of Forrest until her untimely death onthe eve of the 1939 elections.A woman who fought tirelessly for the rights of those in her electorate, heraccidental death received national coverage with thousands of WesternAustralian mourners lining the streets to pay tribute.May Holman charted new territory for women, but the barriers sheencountered and her methods of overcoming them still resonate today.
The Magnificent Life of Miss May Holman Australia's First Female Labor Parliamentarian
Author: Lekkie Hopkins
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1925163377
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Throughout the 1930s May Holman was a household name and aninspiration to the women of her generation. She made history in 1925when, at age thirty-one, she became Australia's first female Laborparliamentarian, holding the seat of Forrest until her untimely death onthe eve of the 1939 elections.A woman who fought tirelessly for the rights of those in her electorate, heraccidental death received national coverage with thousands of WesternAustralian mourners lining the streets to pay tribute.May Holman charted new territory for women, but the barriers sheencountered and her methods of overcoming them still resonate today.
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1925163377
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Throughout the 1930s May Holman was a household name and aninspiration to the women of her generation. She made history in 1925when, at age thirty-one, she became Australia's first female Laborparliamentarian, holding the seat of Forrest until her untimely death onthe eve of the 1939 elections.A woman who fought tirelessly for the rights of those in her electorate, heraccidental death received national coverage with thousands of WesternAustralian mourners lining the streets to pay tribute.May Holman charted new territory for women, but the barriers sheencountered and her methods of overcoming them still resonate today.
The Magnificent Life of Miss May Holman
Author: Lekkie Hopkins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780369341532
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Throughout the 1930s May Holman was a household name and an inspiration to the women of her generation. She made history in 1925 when, at age thirty-one, she became Australia's first female Labor parliamentarian, holding the seat of Forrest until her untimely death on the eve of the 1939 elections. A woman who fought tirelessly for the rights of those in her electorate, her accidental death received national coverage with thousands of Western Australian mourners lining the streets to pay tribute. May Holman charted new territory for women, but the barriers she encountered and her methods of overcoming them still resonate today.
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ISBN: 9780369341532
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Throughout the 1930s May Holman was a household name and an inspiration to the women of her generation. She made history in 1925 when, at age thirty-one, she became Australia's first female Labor parliamentarian, holding the seat of Forrest until her untimely death on the eve of the 1939 elections. A woman who fought tirelessly for the rights of those in her electorate, her accidental death received national coverage with thousands of Western Australian mourners lining the streets to pay tribute. May Holman charted new territory for women, but the barriers she encountered and her methods of overcoming them still resonate today.
Australia, Migration and Empire
Author: Philip Payton
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030223892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
This edited collection explores how migrants played a major role in the creation and settlement of the British Empire, by focusing on a series of Australian case studies. Despite their shared experiences of migration and settlement, migrants nonetheless often exhibited distinctive cultural identities, which could be deployed for advantage. Migration established global mobility as a defining feature of the Empire. Ethnicity, class and gender were often powerful determinants of migrant attitudes and behaviour. This volume addresses these considerations, illuminating the complexity and diversity of the British Empire’s global immigration story. Since 1788, the propensity of the populations of Britain and Ireland to immigrate to Australia varied widely, but what this volume highlights is their remarkable diversity in character and impact. The book also presents the opportunities that existed for other immigrant groups to demonstrate their loyalty as members of the (white) Australian community, along with notable exceptions which demonstrated the limits of this inclusivity.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030223892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
This edited collection explores how migrants played a major role in the creation and settlement of the British Empire, by focusing on a series of Australian case studies. Despite their shared experiences of migration and settlement, migrants nonetheless often exhibited distinctive cultural identities, which could be deployed for advantage. Migration established global mobility as a defining feature of the Empire. Ethnicity, class and gender were often powerful determinants of migrant attitudes and behaviour. This volume addresses these considerations, illuminating the complexity and diversity of the British Empire’s global immigration story. Since 1788, the propensity of the populations of Britain and Ireland to immigrate to Australia varied widely, but what this volume highlights is their remarkable diversity in character and impact. The book also presents the opportunities that existed for other immigrant groups to demonstrate their loyalty as members of the (white) Australian community, along with notable exceptions which demonstrated the limits of this inclusivity.
The Petticoat Parade
Author: Leigh Straw
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1760990566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Josie de Bray, aka Madam Monnier, aka Marie Louise Monnier, was a brothel madam who owned most of Roe Street, Perth from WWI up to the 1940s. A returned soldier tried to shoot her dead in her brothel in 1917 and her 'bungalow' was at the centre of underworld violence in the 1920s. She returned to France before WWII to visit family and was bombed repeatedly out of homes there and captured by the Germans. She was a prisoner of war and one story has her in a concentration camp. She survived, returned to Perth in 1947, and took up business again in Roe Street, having made a fortune from the rent collected from her brothels while she was a prisoner of war, up until her death in 1953.
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1760990566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Josie de Bray, aka Madam Monnier, aka Marie Louise Monnier, was a brothel madam who owned most of Roe Street, Perth from WWI up to the 1940s. A returned soldier tried to shoot her dead in her brothel in 1917 and her 'bungalow' was at the centre of underworld violence in the 1920s. She returned to France before WWII to visit family and was bombed repeatedly out of homes there and captured by the Germans. She was a prisoner of war and one story has her in a concentration camp. She survived, returned to Perth in 1947, and took up business again in Roe Street, having made a fortune from the rent collected from her brothels while she was a prisoner of war, up until her death in 1953.
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Bassendean a Social History, 1829-1979
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Languages : en
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This book is the product of careful scholarship in which the feel of the community comes through by brilliant use of people's memories. A major contribution to the oral history of Western Australia.
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This book is the product of careful scholarship in which the feel of the community comes through by brilliant use of people's memories. A major contribution to the oral history of Western Australia.
Years of adventure, 1874-1920
Author: Herbert Hoover
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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The Illustrated London News
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Proud to be a Rebel
Author: Pam Young
Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Author: John Albert Sleicher
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Languages : en
Pages : 870
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Languages : en
Pages : 870
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