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Authors: Jeanette Beaumont, W. Vere Hole
ISBN-13: 9781864480542, ISBN-10: 1864480548
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited
Date Published: August 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Jeanette Beaumont

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In 1892 a young Scotswoman arrived in Australia to become the first principal of the new Women's College at the University of Sydney. For over a decade she wrote weekly letters to her friend and mentor in London, Eleanor Grove. Extracts from Louisa's letters tell the story of the early days of the Women's College and offer an insider's view of life at the University and in Sydney in the 1890s.

	Acknowledgements
	Preface
Pt. 1	Louisa Enters the World of University Women
1	From Scotland to London: Not Ladies, Only Students	3
2	Friendships: Eleanor Grove and the Kleeblatt	11
3	The Politics of Higher Education for Women	20
Pt. 2	Louisa and the Women's College
4	The Admission of Women	31
5	Louisa's Arrival: The 1890s Depression	42
6	Showing Off the College	54
7	Students and Colonial Life	64
Pt. 3	Women's Issues
8	A Sense of Solidarity	79
9	Women's Suffrage: Women's Role in the Professions	90
10	Employment Opportunities for Women	100
11	Teaching and Learning	111
12	The Marriage Question: Sex and Friendship	120
Pt. 4	Colonial Society in the 1890s
13	Louisa's Circle of Friends	135
14	Louisa's Sydney	143
15	High Society and Colonial Loyalties	152
16	Holidays, Recreation and the Outback	162
17	Louisa's Contribution to Feminism	173
	Endnotes	179
	Bibliography	191
	Index	196

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