Fighters and Singers: The Lives of Some Aboriginal Women Edited by Isobel White, Diane Barwick and Betty Meehan

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Small marsk on half-title page.

This collection of stories of several Aboriginal women's eventful lives and strong characters offers an intimate and personal view. Their lives span a century of history in fifteen communities scattered from Cape York Peninsula, Arnhem Land and East Kimberley to the Western Desert, the Centre, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.

One story is an autobiography, and each of the other stories contains transcripts or translations of a woman's own reminiscences. (back cover)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away