A woman of the future? feminism and conservatism in colonial New South Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4348203 |
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| Authors | Penny Russell (Migration Institute of Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-90 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612020400200753 |
| OpenAlex | W4254524577, W2019823906 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This article discusses Lady Jersey's brief sojourn in New South Wales in 1891-92, as the wife of the colonial governor. In the context of colonial anxieties and hopes about the contemporary women's movement, Lady Jersey's aristocratic confidence and imperial authority gave her the appearance of an ‘Advanced Woman’. A published writer and confident public speaker before she arrived in the colony, Lady Jersey took a keen interest in local political affairs, and her demeanour and activity were swiftly satirised in the radical nationalist and frequently misogynist Bulletin. Local feminist groups, perhaps craving some of the legitimate public authority she so readily exercised, sought her patronage and support but were generally doomed to disappointment. The article suggests that Lady Jersey, despite her own conservatism, offered an ambiguous role model for those seeking positive ways in which to imagine female power
Archaeology · Colonialism · Conservatism · Disappointment · Feminism · Governor · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Wife · Australian History and Society · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society
| Highly cited | No |
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