Teacher for Justice: Lucy Woodcock's Transnational Life

by Devleena Ghosh, Helen Randerson, Heather Goodall

Teacher for Justice is a major contribution to the history of the women's movement, working-class activism and Australian political internationalism. But it is more than this. By focusing on the life of Lucy Woodcock - an unrecognised and under-researched figure - this book rewrites the history of twentieth-century Australia from the perspective of an activist who challenged conventions to fight for gender, race and class equality, exploring the complex and multi-layered intersections of these aspects. It explores Woodcock's personal relationships and the circles she mixed in and the friendships she forged, as well as the conventions she challenged as a single woman in possibly a same-sex relationship. The book makes a key contribution to the history of progressive education and the experience of women teachers. Above all, it charts the life of a transnational figure who made connections globally and, in particular, with refugees and with women in India and the Asian region. It is a detailed, thoroughly researched and richly textured history which places Woodcock within the context of the times in which she lived.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760463043
• ISBN13: 9781760463045
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"