Caroline Chisholm.
by Kiddle, Margaret; Grimshaw, Patricia (introduction)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0522844286
- ISBN 13
- 9780522844283
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP), 1990. Abridged, new ed.. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, yellow spine background colour notably faded, minimal edgewear, otherwise excellent. 208 pp. Caroline Chisholm (1808 - 1877) worked tirelessly to assist single women and families to migrate and settle in colonial Australia. Abridged edition of a book by Margaret Kiddle, originally published in 1950. The new introduction describes Caroline as an icon of the feminist movement, and a woman well ahead of the times. (Media release leaflet loosely inserted.).
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4522
- Title
- Caroline Chisholm.
- Author
- Kiddle, Margaret; Grimshaw, Patricia (introduction)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Abridged, new ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0522844286
- ISBN 13
- 9780522844283
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press (MUP)
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- australian biography, australian history, families, gender, female migrants
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY;
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Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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