True North: A Memoir (Vintage).
de Jill Ker Conway
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Vintage, 15-Aug-95. Trade Paperback. Very Good. No spine creases & very mild wear on cover. Lightly aged pages, name on endpage. From Publishers Weekly\nConway continues her autobiography in this follow up to The Road from Coorain, picking up with her arrival in the U.S. to begin graduate studies at Harvard, and culminating with her being named the first woman president of Smith College in 1975. \nCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. \n\nFrom School Library Journal\nYA-Following The Road from Coorain (Knopf, 1989), Conway leaves Australia to discover the freedom of open inquiry at Harvard University, and to break away from her mother's oppressive demands. For the first time, she forms true friendships with other women and develops a sense of confidence and happiness that becomes almost complete when she marries Professor John Conway, her ""true north"" (compass point). The Conways face serious challenges as they move to Canada where the author teaches history and later becomes vice president of Toronto University. As the book ends, she is president of Smith College. Conway writes in a clear, brisk, literary style that is readable, engaging, and sometimes lyrical. She details successes and pleasures as well as personal sorrows and disappointments that require background knowledge from the earlier title. The final third of the book is a technical discussion of university-administration issues and of less general appeal, but good for readers interested in academic careers. Mature YAs seeking biography or women's studies will find Conway's continuing journey a fascinating one.\nJudy Sokoll, Fairfax County Public Library, VA\nCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Jill Ker Conway taught at the University of Toronto from 1964 to 1975 when she became the first woman president of Smith college. Since 1985 she has been a visiting scholar at MIT, and lives in Boston. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Título
- True North: A Memoir (Vintage).
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- Jill Ker Conway
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- Trade Paperback
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- Usado - Muy bueno
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- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0679744614
- ISBN 13
- 9780679744610
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- Vintage
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- New York
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- 15-Aug-95
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