The road from Coorain
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.
Main Author: | Conway, Jill K., 1934- |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House,
1989.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Subjects: |
Summary: |
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. |
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Physical Description: |
238 pages ; 22 cm |
Bibliography: |
Autobiographical. |
ISBN: |
9780679724360 (pbk.) 0679724362 (pbk.) 0394574567 9780394574561 |
Author Notes: |
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) |