Author: LEE, MRS HARRISON. (Mrs Harrison Lee Cowie).
Title: One Of Australia's Daughters. An Autobiography of Mrs Harrison Lee.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 188, 92 (advertisements); illustrated title page, 3 pages on b/w. plates, original red cloth, title in black on spine and front, pages toned, previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper, good copy. London, H. J. Osborn; 1906. Betsy (Bessie) Lee (1860-1950), temperance evangelist, was born on 10 June 1860 at Daylesford, Victoria, She helped to pioneer the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Victoria in 1887 but fell into disfavour because of her uncomfortable belief in the sinfulness of all sexual intercourse that had no procreative intention. 1896 saw the first of her countless trips abroad, principally to Britain, New Zealand and the United States of America. In New Zealand, she was a foundation member of the United Labour Party.
Keywords: Australian biography Australia Victoria local history
Title: One Of Australia's Daughters. An Autobiography of Mrs Harrison Lee.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 188, 92 (advertisements); illustrated title page, 3 pages on b/w. plates, original red cloth, title in black on spine and front, pages toned, previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper, good copy. London, H. J. Osborn; 1906. Betsy (Bessie) Lee (1860-1950), temperance evangelist, was born on 10 June 1860 at Daylesford, Victoria, She helped to pioneer the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Victoria in 1887 but fell into disfavour because of her uncomfortable belief in the sinfulness of all sexual intercourse that had no procreative intention. 1896 saw the first of her countless trips abroad, principally to Britain, New Zealand and the United States of America. In New Zealand, she was a foundation member of the United Labour Party.
Keywords: Australian biography Australia Victoria local history
Price: AUD 75.00 = appr. US$ 51.89 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 110198
- Book number: 110198