The Edgeworth David Women
The young Cara Mallett, an orphan from a working class background in rural England, emigrated to the colony of NSW in the late Victorian era. She proved to be pioneer, establishing the first college in NSW to train women teachers. This title presents her portrait.
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| ISBN |
9781921719516 |
| Published |
1 March 2012 |
| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback |
| Author(s) |
By Horsfield, Jennifer |
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Full details for this title
| Interest Age |
All ages |
| Reading Age |
All ages |
| NBS Text |
Biography: Historical, Political & Military |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
304 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 150mm
Height: 225mm
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| Weight |
Not specified - defaults to 600g |
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| Dewey Code |
994.03092 |
| Catalogue Code |
Not specified |
Description of this Book
Cara David was an orphan from a working-class background in England, who gained a scholarship to train as a teacher in London. Her drive and intelligence saw her become a lecturer at the prestigious Whitelands College, from where she was appointed by Sir Henry Parkes as founding principal of the new Hurlstone Womens Training School in Sydney. She met her future husband, the young mining surveyor Edgeworth David, on the voyage to NSW in 1882. After their marriage and his appointment as Professor of Geology at the University of Sydney in 1891, the Davids became involved with a group of liberal intellectuals who dominated Sydneys cultural life between the 1890s and the Great War, all sharing a passion for education, social and legal reform and the advancement of women. Cara David was to make her mark as a supporter of womens emancipation in the home and the workplace. She led the successful temperance campaign in NSW in 1915, one of the first examples of women using their voting power to influence legislation. Her adventurous and pioneering spirit saw Cara accompany her husband on a scientific expedition to a Pacific island and to geology camps in the Snowy Mountains. During the Great War she ran a convalescent home for soldiers and a land army hostel in Scotland. After the war she rose to state leadership of the new Girl Guides movement.
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