Lekkie Hopkins

Magnificent Life of Miss May Holman Australia's First Female Labor Parliamentarian (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fremantle Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781925163377
• Artikelnr.: 45991429

Autorenporträt

Dr Lekkie Hopkins is a feminist academic who researches the history of social protest and the lives of activist women. In 2010 she co-authored Among the Chosen. The life story of Pat Giles with Lynn Roarty. She coordinated the women's studies programme at Edith Cowan University for twenty-five years and has received local and national teaching awards. In 2011 she was among one hundred women to be inducted into the inaugural United Nations Western Australian Women's Hall of Fame, to celebrate the centenary of International Women's Day.