Alice Henry: The Power of Pen and Voice Kirkby Paperback 9780521523240

Alice Henry: The Power of Pen and VoiceThe Life of an Australian-American Labor Reformer\nAuthor(s): Diane Kirkby\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521523240, 978-0521523240\nSynopsis\nIn this, the first biography of Alice Henry [tel], Diane Kirkby presents us with an intelligent, formidable woman of great energy who was a pioneer in both the Australian and American labour movements early this century and a feminist who fought for the rights of millions of women in both countries. After a childhood largely spent in the Australian bush, Alice Henry became a journalist and suffragist in Melbourne, where she witnessed the growth and upheavals of the Australian labour movement and consequent experiments in state regulation of industrial relations. During her 28 years in America she became a prominent figure in the Women's Trade Union league and campaigned for the rights of wage-earning women using .