To Try Her Fortune in London: Australian Women, Colonialism, and ModernityBetween 1870 and 1940, tens of thousands of Australian women were drawn to London, their imperial metropolis and the center of the publishing, art, musical, theatrical, and educational worlds. Even more Australian women than men made the pilgrimage "home," seeking opportunities beyond those available to them in the Australian colonies or dominion. In tracing the experiences of these women, this volume reveals hitherto unexamined connections between whiteness, colonial status, gender, and modernity. |
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White Colonialness Privilege and Modernity | 19 |
Gendered Space and Colonialism | 47 |
Australian Womens Neighborhoods Networks and Associations | 73 |
Australian Womens Metropolitan Activism and Commonwealth Feminism | 105 |
Constructing Colonial Imperial and National Identities | 139 |
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