Kathleen Fitzpatrick (2) (1905–1990)
Auteur van Solid Bluestone Foundations: Memories of an Australian Girlhood
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Fitzpatrick, Kathleen Elizabeth
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Pitt, Kathleen Elizabeth (maiden name)
- Geboortedatum
- 1905-09-07
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1990-08-27
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Australia
- Geboorteplaats
- Omeo, Victoria, Australia
- Plaats van overlijden
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Woonplaatsen
- South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Lorne, Victoria, Australia
Italy - Opleiding
- University of Melbourne (B.A.) (English and History) (1926)
University of Oxford (B.A.) (1928)
University of Oxford (M.A.) (1933)
Melbourne Technical School (shorthand and typing) - Beroepen
- historian
teacher
academic
journal editor - Relaties
- Fitzpatrick, Brian (husband)
Fitzpatrick, Sheila (daughter) - Organisaties
- University of Sydney
University of Melbourne
Melbourne Technical School
Australian Humanities Research Council (founding member)
Australian Academy of the Humanities (founding fellow) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- University of Melbourne (LL.D. ∙ 1983)
Order of Australia (Officer, 1989)
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- Werken
- 5
- Leden
- 56
- Populariteit
- #291,557
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 17
'Hughenden', the seaside mansion of her grandparents, provided the 'solid bluestone foundations' of Kathleen's somewhat unsettled childhood. These beautifully written recollections paint an evocative picture of middle-class life in Melbourne in the early years of the twentieth century.
Major themes include the awakening of Kathleen's feminist consciousness, her discovery at the University of Melbourne of her true vocation as an historian, and her unhappy experiences as a 'colonial' at Oxford University.… (meer)