Jill Ker Conway (1934–2018)
Autor de The Road from Coorain
Sobre El Autor
Jill Ker Conway was born Jill Kathryn Ker in Hillston, New South Wales, Australia on October 9, 1934. She received a history degree from the University of Sydney in 1958 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1969. She took a teaching post at the University of Toronto. She became a dean in 1971 and mostrar más a vice president in 1973. In 1975, she became the first woman to be named president of Smith College. She left Smith in 1985 to become a writer. She wrote three memoirs entitled The Road from Coorain, True North, and A Woman's Education. In 2002, the PBS program Masterpiece Theater used The Road from Coorain as the basis for a film. She also wrote When Memory Speaks: Reflections on Autobiography. She edited several books including Written by Herself: Autobiographies of American Women and In Her Own Words: Women's Memoirs from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. In 2013, she was awarded the National Humanities Medal. She died on June 1, 2018 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Jill Ker Conway
Written by Herself, Volume II: Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia, and the United States (1992) — Editor — 87 copias
In Her Own Words: Women's Memoirs from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States (1999) — Editor — 26 copias
The Female Experience in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century America: A Guide to the History of American Women (1982) 16 copias
The Politics of Women's Education: Perspectives from Asia, Africa, and Latin America (1995) 5 copias
The Collections and Programs of the American Antiquarian Society: A 175th Anniversary Guide (1987) 2 copias
Where to Look for Common Ground 2 copias
Memoirs and Meaning 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Shared Values for a Troubled World: Conversations with Men and Women of Conscience (1994) — Contribuidor — 26 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Conway, Jill Ker
- Otros nombres
- Ker, Jill Kathryn (birth)
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1934-10-09
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2018-06-01
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA (naturalized 1982)
Australia (birth) - Lugar de nacimiento
- Hillston, New South Wales, Australia
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Conway, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Educación
- Harvard University (Ph.D|1969)
University of Sydney (BA|1958)
Abbotsleigh
at home - Ocupaciones
- university professor
academic administrator
historian - Relaciones
- Conway, John (husband)
- Organizaciones
- University of Toronto
Smith College (President, 1975-85)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Premios y honores
- National Humanities Medal (2012)
Honorary Companion, Order of Australia (2013)
Time Woman of the Year (1975)
L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award (1989)
Miembros
Reseñas
True North: A Memoir por Jill Ker Conway
True North is the inspirational Canadian Chapter of Jill Ker Conway's life story, which began with her much love, bestselling memoir, The Road from Coorain.nbsp;nbsp;Beginning with her departure from Australia, Jill Ker Conway tells of her romance with Harvard House Master John Conway, of coming to grips with his manic-depressive disorder, and of their move to Canada in 1964 where she became the first female vice-president at the University of Toronto.nbsp;nbsp;In this vibrant memoir, we watch as a most private woman makes of herself a public persona in Canada.… (más)
The memoirs of Jill Conway and her journey into adulthood from a 30,000 acre sheep ranch in Coorain, Australia, to America where she became the first woman president of Smith College.
This book was authored by a woman who apparently went on to become the president of Smith College. She took some pretty fascinating subject matter and made it quite dull by narrating the entire book. No dialogue. No scenes. Nothing to make the book come alive. She's a history professor, and this book is written just like a history book. There are some lovely descriptive passages, but I can't really recommend this unless you are seriously interested in Australia and really enjoy reading history texts.… (más)
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