Bluestocking in Patagonia: Mary Gilmore's Quest for Love and Utopia at the World's End by Anne Whitehead
English | December 5, 2021 | ISBN: 1922730211 | True EPUB | 345 pages | 10.4 MB
English | December 5, 2021 | ISBN: 1922730211 | True EPUB | 345 pages | 10.4 MB
Dame Mary Gilmore's portrait is on the ten dollar note. But before she was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire for contributions to literature, she was Mary Cameron, a schoolteacher and feminist, and one of a group of Australians who, at the end of the nineteenth century, attempted to create a socialist Utopia in Paraguay. Historian Anne Whitehead retraces her steps in a compelling investigation that blends biography, history and contemporary travelogue.