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The Road From Coorain
  • Published: 31 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446485392
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256
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The Road From Coorain

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31 Aug 2011
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1 Feb 1993
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The inspiring and much loved memoir which follows Jill Ker Conway’s early years from her childhood in the Australian outback, to her time in Sydney and on to America as a young woman

The Road From Coorain is the beautifully written narrative of Jill Ker Conway's journey from girlhood on an isolated sheep-farm in the grasslands of Australia to her departure for America (and eventually the presidency of Smith College).
  • Published: 31 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446485392
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256
Categories:

About the author

Jill Ker Conway

Jill Ker Conway was born in Hillston, NSW, Australia, graduated from the University of Sydney in 1958, and received her PhD from Harvard University in 1969. From 1964 to 1975 she taught at the University of Toronto and was Vice President there before serving for ten years as President of Smith College. In 1985 she became a visiting scholar and professor in MIT's Program in Science, Technology and Society.
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A Woman's Education
In Her Own Words
When Memory Speaks
Written by Herself: Volume I
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