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Catherine Helen Spence, Author
Occup.Author
FromAustralia
BornOctober 31, 1825
Melrose, Scotland
DiedApril 3, 1910
Aged84 years
Catherine Helen Spence was an Australian writer, feminist and social reformer who wrote in 1854 with Clare Morrison, the first written by a woman's novel about life in Australia.

Catherine Helen Spence emigrated with her family in 1839 from Scotland to Australia in 1854 with Clare Morrison and authored the first written by a woman's novel about life in Australia.

In the following years she wrote five other novels, the last of which was Handfasted (1884), published posthumously. Her interest in social issue in Australia led them to hold a lecture tour of the United Kingdom and the United States.

Their commitment to gender distribution proportional representation in public, she described in her book, A Plea for Pure Democracy (1861). In addition, she held the position of the first text book on social studies in Australia, which in 1880 appeared under the title The Laws We Live Under.

The mid-1890s, she campaigned for the establishment of Australia, on 1 Was established in January 1901. After the founding of the Australian House of Representatives under the Constitution of Australia, she was the first woman candidate for Parliament, albeit unsuccessfully.

1910 posthumously published autobiography, entitled Catherine Helen Spence: an Autobiography, which was completed and edited by Jeanne Young.

On the centenary of the founding of Australia, she was honored in 2001 by a special note of the Australian dollar: Together with the "Father of Australia" and five-time premier of New South Wales, Sir Henry Parkes her portrait appeared on a five-dollar bill.

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20 Famous quotes by Catherine Helen Spence

Small: Catherine Helen Spence: My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society
"My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothin
"Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county
"My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, un
"Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods
"The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and child
"Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but almost all of them returned to grow grain and produce to send to Victoria"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in
"I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which
"I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea
"A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: The first issue of The Register was printed in London, and gave a glowing account of t
"The first issue of The Register was printed in London, and gave a glowing account of the province that was to be - its climate, its resources, the sound principles on which it was founded"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both
"I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost healt
"After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: Probably my mothers life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her comin
"Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the
"I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myse
"I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia - of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, stil
"As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner
"Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political electi
"South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire
"My pamphlet did not set the Torrens on fire"
Small: Catherine Helen Spence: I look back to a happy childhood
"I look back to a happy childhood"