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Author Rasmussen, Carolyn.

Title The Blackburns : Private lives, public ambitions / Carolyn Rasmussen.

Publication Info. North Sydney : Melbourne University Press Digital, 2019.

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Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary When socialist barrister and aspiring member of parliament Maurice Blackburn met Doris Hordern, ardent feminist and campaign secretary to Vida Goldstein, neither had marriage in their imagined futures. But they fell in love-with each other as much as with their individual aspirations to change the world for the better. Theirs would be an exacting partnership as they held one another to the highest ideals. They worked as elected members of parliaments and community activists, influencing conscription laws, benefits for working men and women, atomic bomb tests, civil rights and Indigenous recognition. Together, they shook Australia.
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Subject Blackburn, Maurice, 1880-1944.
Blackburn, Maurice, 1880-1944.
Blackburn, Doris Amelia, 1889-1970.
Civil rights workers -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
Civil rights workers.
Australia.
Victoria.
Politicians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
Politicians.
Australia -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
ISBN 9780522874464 (electronic book)
0522874460 (electronic book)