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Polly Plum : a firm and earnest woman's advocate : Mary Ann Colclough 1836-1885 / Jenny Coleman.

Title
Polly Plum : a firm and earnest woman's advocate : Mary Ann Colclough 1836-1885 / Jenny Coleman.
Author
Coleman, Jenny
Publication
Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2017.

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Description
280 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"Polly Plum is a biography of one of New Zealand's earliest feminists, Mary Ann Colclough, whose publicly voiced opinions saw her described in the nineteenth century as 'our own little stray strap of a modern female fanatic'. English-born Mary Ann Barnes came to New Zealand in 1857, and soon gained notoriety for her outspokenness on issues relating to women's position in society. A teacher and also a journalist for the Daily Southern Cross and the Weekly News under the nom de plume 'Polly Plum', she also engaged in public debates through the letters to the editor columns, undeterred by becoming ' the best abused woman in New Zealand in the present day'."--Back cover.
Alternative Title
  • Firm and earnest woman's advocate
  • Mary Ann Colclough 1836-1885
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Polly Plum and the 'high and holy' cause of women -- From Clerkenwell to Auckland -- A modern female fanatic -- Widening the sphere of philanthropy and social reform -- Without means, without encouragement and without help -- Controversies and public humiliation -- Educating the women of Melbourne -- Model lodging house for women -- A woman of neither means nor leisure -- A chequered life
ISBN
  • 9780947522476
  • 0947522476
OCLC
  • 982649372
  • SCSB-10825126
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library