Pioneer feminist Henrietta Augusta Dugdale holds an important place in Australian history. Her fearless campaigning resulted in breakthroughs in womens' rights in Australia throughout the nineteenth century. This biography of a thrice-married woman, who was born in St Pancras, London and died 91 years later at Point Lonsdale, Victoria, seeks to understand why and how she came to Australia, became a vegetarian, a secularist, initiated the first femal suffrage society in Australasia and, in her late middle age, published a futuristic allegory titled A Few Hours in a Far Off Age.
This meticulously researched book offers an illuminating insight into the formation of the Australian women's movement. The author, Susan Priestley, is a past president of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
Launched this week at the Athenaeum Library, the book is now available at the RHSV for $35 plus post and handling.
Update: Now that the invoice has been located, it appears that the RRP is $30, plus p&h - even more of a bargain!
Update: Now that the invoice has been located, it appears that the RRP is $30, plus p&h - even more of a bargain!
