A history of the legislation affecting women and children during the past century and earlier shows that much has been achieved, and that the pace of change has quickened recently. No sudden alterations followed the granting of women's suffrage, but the means were there for change. Slowly reforms were written into the statute books, forming a basis for further reform. The utopia some dreamed of has not eventuated. Some problems have been dealt with; others equally urgent have replaced them.
In Her Own Name tells the important history of changes, from 1836, documenting how South Australian women moved from subordination towards equality. The achievement of women's suffrage in 1894, after an intensive struggle, was central to their emancipation.
In Her Own Name is a political and legal history interwoven with personalities, issues and events. It gives a comprehensive view and perceptive analysis of women's changing status and role in a pioneering Australian state during its first 150 years.
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Helen Jones began researching women's history in the early 1950s. She taught for more than twenty years at tertiary level, and was a member of the South Australian working party of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Her book Nothing Seemed Impossible: Women’s education and social change in South Australia 1875-1915 was published in 1985, and the first edition of In Her Own Name in 1986. She lived in Adelaide.
ISBN 9781743056981
CATEGORY History
IMAGES Greyscale photographs throughout
PAGE COUNT 450
DIMENSIONS 234 x 156 mm