Ever Yours, C.H. Spence: Catherine Helen Spence's An Autobiography (1825-1910), Diary (1894) and Some Correspondence (1894-1910)Wakefield Press, 2005 - 392 sider Catherine Helen Spence, an unparalleled advocate of women's rights in Australia and the world, is now recognized as an important predecessor to the Feminist movement. Her autobiography, composed while on her deathbed and enhanced with scholarly annotation from two Spence scholars, reveals a woman both in and ahead of her time. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
A NOTE ON THE TEXT | 15 |
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | 17 |
EARLY LIFE IN SCOTLAND | 19 |
TOWARDS AUSTRALIA | 30 |
A BEGINNING AT SEVENTEEN | 38 |
LOVERS AND FRIENDS | 45 |
NOVELS AND A POLITICAL INSPIRATION | 51 |
MEETING WITH J S MILL AND GEORGE ELILOT | 88 |
RETURN FROM THE OLD COUNTRY | 94 |
WARDS OF THE STATE | 99 |
PREACHING FRIENDS AND WRITING | 109 |
MY WORK FOR EDUCATION | 119 |
SPECULATION CHARITY AND A BOOK | 126 |
JOURNALISM AND POLITICS | 132 |
A PREFACE | 213 |
A TRIP TO LONDON | 61 |
MELROSE REVISITED | 69 |
VISIT EDINBURGH AND LONDON | 77 |
AN INTRODUCTION | 327 |
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