Julie Wheelwright
Teoksen Amazons and Military Maids: Women Who Dressed as Men in Pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness tekijä
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Tekijän teokset
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- Canada
- Syntymäpaikka
- England
- Asuinpaikat
- London, England, UK
- Ammatit
- journalist
broadcaster
historian
academic - Organisaatiot
- City University London
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- JULIE WHEELWRIGHT is the author of a biography of Mata Hari, The Fatal Lover, as well as the book Amazons and Military Maids. She is a prolific journalist, and has produced documentaries for radio and television. Wheelwright lives with her two daughters in London, England, where she runs an MA program in non-fiction writing at City University London.
Julie Wheelright was born in England and raised in Canada.
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Esther : the remarkable true story of Esther… Tekijä: Julie Wheelwright
Julie Wheelwright, a distant great-niece of Esther, provides.the reader with a biography of the woman who walked in three worlds in 18th century North America. This work includes her research process in the present day, and narrative details of Esther's life. This work provides a fantastic overview of this incredible woman and the context of her life.
I'll begin with a quote: "Beginning with the founding myth of the Amazons--in reality female warriors of a nomadic tribe to whom the Greeks attributed super-heroic powers--Julie Wheelwright explores the history of women in arms. " Not my advanced copy.
Whilst ever so briefly mentioning the Amazons, this lengthy tome focuses heavily on the period from the 18th Century onwards and predominantly on the UK, USA and USSR (for want of a better collective term). It covers quite succinctly the areas of gender disguise and open enlistment, the maintenance of the fiction (ie: women disguised as men), the fear of discovery and punishment, and the experiences of these women upon their return from active duty and their new-found celebrity. I, however, was looking for more of the historical aspect rather than the more "recent" history.
It is the final chapters the look at the continuity between historical and contemporary female warriors, but again within the parameters as set out above. There is a good section on sources, notes and extensive bibliography for those wishing to explore this topic further.
This will still make for a good sourcebook for those wishing to explore more - again, within the actual parameters.… (lisätietoja)
Whilst ever so briefly mentioning the Amazons, this lengthy tome focuses heavily on the period from the 18th Century onwards and predominantly on the UK, USA and USSR (for want of a better collective term). It covers quite succinctly the areas of gender disguise and open enlistment, the maintenance of the fiction (ie: women disguised as men), the fear of discovery and punishment, and the experiences of these women upon their return from active duty and their new-found celebrity. I, however, was looking for more of the historical aspect rather than the more "recent" history.
It is the final chapters the look at the continuity between historical and contemporary female warriors, but again within the parameters as set out above. There is a good section on sources, notes and extensive bibliography for those wishing to explore this topic further.
This will still make for a good sourcebook for those wishing to explore more - again, within the actual parameters.… (lisätietoja)
Het was een interessant boekje om te lezen. Wie heeft er nu niet van Mata Hari gehoord? Maar om nu te zeggen dat ik gefascineerd ben? Nee, niet door dit boek in ieder geval.
Het is goed gedocumenteerd, geen 'geklets', maar misschien heeft dat, om in biertermen te spreken, de fascinatie wel doodgeslagen.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8004590
Het is goed gedocumenteerd, geen 'geklets', maar misschien heeft dat, om in biertermen te spreken, de fascinatie wel doodgeslagen.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8004590
Esther Wheelwright lived in Maine at the turn of the 18th century with her prominent Puritan family. During a raid by French soldiers and Abenaki warriors, she was kidnapped and taken two hundred miles north and adopted into an Abenaki family. Five years later, at the age of twelve, her release from her adopted family was negotiated by a Jesuit, who took her to Quebec. Although her family worked very hard to recover her and tried to arrange for her to be restored to them, it was not to be. Esther did not want to return to Maine and be forced to give up her faith. Instead, she joined the Ursuline's in Quebec City and eventually became their Mother Superior during the period after the historic Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Fascinating story for anyone interested in Canadian or American history.… (lisätietoja)
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