"Her Excellency": Lady Franklin, female convicts and the problem of authority in Van Diemen's Land.(Fatal Shores): An article from: Journal of Australian Studies

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From the supplier: Lady Jane Franklin, wife of the lieutenant governor of Van Diemen's Land, wrote in 1843 that she wished to improve the life of the territory's female convicts. Franklin was less interested in the convicts than using control over them as a means to dispute masculine colonial authority. Franklin did not believe in women's rights except as they applied to women of her social standing.

Citation Details
Title: "Her Excellency": Lady Franklin, female convicts and the problem of authority in Van Diemen's Land.(Fatal Shores)
Author: Penny Russell
Publication:Journal of Australian Studies (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1997
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Issue: n53 Page: p40(11)

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