Introduction: Framing the Life of Madge Robertson Watt -- 1 Formative Years: Family Influences and University Life -- 2 Scripting the New Woman: Writer and Editor -- 3 Playing Multiple Parts: Family, Society, and Sorrow -- 4 Role Reversal: From Colonial Widow to Imperial War Hero -- 5 On the World Stage: Forging International Networks -- 6 Sidelined by War: Waning Influence, Denial, and Death -- 7 Conclusion: Interpreting the Significance of Madge Watt
Summary
In A Great Rural Sisterhood, Linda M. Ambrose uses a wealth of archival materials from both sides of the Atlantic to tell the story of Watt's remarkable life and the creation of the Associated Country Women of the World