| Main Title: |
Vera Deakin and the Red Cross / Carole Woods. |
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| Author: |
Woods, Carole.
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| Imprint: |
Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 2020. |
| Collation: |
ix, 244 pages, approximately 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; photographs, portraits, facsimiles, hardback ; 26 cm. |
| Subject: |
White, Vera, 1891-1978.
Australian Red Cross Society
Biography
Social work and workers
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| ISBN: |
9781875173105 |
| Notes: |
Biography of Vera Deakin, daughter of Prime Minister Alfred Deakin and a spirited humanitarian. Her varied welfare work (begun during World War 1) and service to the Red Cross were honoured during her lifetime but later largely forgotten. Author Carole Woods captures a significant figure in Australian history, exploring Vera's activism within the defining events of the 20th century and revealing a woman who defied society's expectations in order to help those in need.
Includes bibliography and index (pages 229-244)
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