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Girl behind the good keen man, Jane Tolerton
When did I first see the cover of Jean Watson’s Stand in he Rain – that strong, elegant black cover with a woman looking as if she has been doing exactly that? And the photograph of the author on the…
A room of one’s own, Jane Tolerton
Away from Home: The Story of Victoria House Frances Porter Bridget Williams Books, $29.95, ISBN 1877242977 Girls “on the cusp of independence”, as the back cover of this book puts it, are the stuff of many a story. But that…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Frances Porter, Issue 58, Jane Tolerton, Winter 2002
Posted in History, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Review, Sociology
Less than the bare facts, Jane Tolerton
Freda Stark: Her Extraordinary Life Dianne Haworth and Diane Miller HarperCollins, $39.95, ISBN 1 86950 352 X The dramatic moment of Freda Stark: Her Extraordinary Life comes at the end of the second chapter when Thelma, Freda’s friend and lover,…
Tagged with: Autumn 1999, Diane Miller, Dianne Haworth, Freda Stark, Issue 45, Jane Tolerton
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
So that’s where you go to, my lovely, Ginette McDonald
60s Chicks Hit the 90s Jane Tolerton Penguin, $24.95, ISBN 0 140 27243 7 Mea culpa. I am a Sixties Chick. A Catholic one to boot. I’ve been probed by Jane Tolerton in her gently determined style for her amazingly…
Tagged with: Ginette McDonald, Issue 33, Jane Tolerton, Penguin
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
At odds with liberal times, Michael Laws
Catholic Girls Jane Tolerton Penguin, $24.95 Jane Tolerton’s new book is a series of interviews with 17 Catholic-educated women ranging from lawyers and businesswomen to politicians and other entertainers. Tolerton’s premise for these nostalgic reminiscences is that “the Catholic women…
Tagged with: Issue 16, Jane Tolerton, Michael Laws, Penguin, Summer 1994
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Sociology
Sacrificing the personal for the political, Jock Phillips
Ettie: A Life of Ettie Rout Jane Tolerton, Penguin Books, $39.95 Ettie Rout has been known to us primarily as the woman who stood on the platform in Paris during the Great War and handed out anti-VD kits to soldiers…
Tagged with: Ettie Rout, Issue 7, Jane Tolerton, Jock Phillips, Penguin Books, Summer 1992
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review