Teacher for Justice

"?Teacher for Justice is a major contribution to the history of the women?s movement, working?class activism and Australian political internationalism. But it is more than this. By focusing on the life of Lucy Woodcock ? an unrecognised and under-researched figure ? this book rewrites the history of twentieth-century Australia from the perspective of an activist who challenged conventions to fight for gender, race and class equality, exploring the complex and multi-layered intersections of these aspects. It explores Woodcock?s personal relationships and the circles she mixed in and the friendships she forged, as well as the conventions she challenged as a single woman in possibly a same-sex relationship. The book makes a key contribution to the history of progressive education and the experience of women teachers. Above all, it charts the life of a transnational figure who made connections globally and, in particular, with refugees and with women in India and the Asian region. It is a detailed, thoroughly researched and richly textured history which places Woodcock within the context of the times in which she lived.? Joy Damousi, Professor of History, University of Melbourne ?Meet