| Description |
229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Community, life cycle, diaspora : a daughter's view / Anna Davin -- The communities of a thirteenth-century holy woman, Ida of Nivelles / Jennifer Carpenter -- Herrad of Hohenbourg's Hortus deliciarum and the creation of images for medieval nuns / Judith Collard -- Native American women's use of Connecticut's colonial courts / Katharine Hermes & Alexandra Maravel -- Women's peculiar mission : ladies' benevolence in the New Zealand setting / Margaret Tennant -- Sustaining the vision from Adelaide to Temuka : a Josephite community is founded in New Zealand in 1883 / Ann Gilroy -- Anything but a roll in the hay : romance in rural communities in Federation Australia / Kate Hunter -- Dissecting a community : women medical students at the University of Otago, 1891-1924 / Dorothy Page -- Women working for women at work : women factory inspectors in Britain, 1893-1921 / Barbara Harrison -- Gender and the politics of keeping left : Wellington labour women and their community, 1912-1949 / Melanie Nolan -- Political communities of women / Marilyn Lake |
| Summary |
Scholars in various branches of the humanities convened in July 2000, presumably at the University of Otago, to celebrate the work of New Zealand historian Page, and there presented early drafts of the 11 essays presented here. Among their topics are the c |
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ommunities of 13th- century holy woman Ida o |
| Analysis |
Women's studies |
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Social groups |
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History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-222) and index |
| Subject |
Women -- History.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Community life.
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| Author |
Brookes, Barbara L. (Barbara Lesley), 1955-
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Page, Dorothy.
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| LC no. |
2002491616 |
| ISBN |
1877276316 paperback |
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