No fear of flying: women at home and abroad (1993), 1992-94

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Series 10

Content Summary:

No fear of flying, published in 1993 by Artemis Press, was the fourth book in the series 'Women's voices, women's lives'. It contains the personal stories of twenty-five women who travelled to Australia to live, or who travelled from Australia to live abroad. The contributors from different countries and backgrounds travelled for a variety of reasons, for instance, to take up employment, to marry, to divorce, to escape, to study and so on. Contributors were: Gillian Hanscombe, Gisela Gardener, Ofelia Lopez, Mary-Ann Bin Sallih, Dorota Malchevski, Sylvia R. Hennessy, Anne Hickling Hudson, Jennifer Simon, Tui Taurua, Ania Wilczynski, Janet Labatut, Penelope E. Andrews, Lynne Weing, Vivienne Correa, Kristin Henry, Sandra K. McCallum, Jan Mock, Susan Ogier, Mickey Zhu, Kathy Kituai, Janet Wilczynski, Gloria Lee, Janice Farrell, Vivien M. Altman and Marlies Puentener. No fear of flying was the first book in the autobiographical series in which the original drafts from contributors were sorted into book form from the beginning rather than being edited before compiled into a draft manuscript. Consequently there is a succession of corrected and amended manuscripts instead of edited contributors' drafts. Manuscript drafts have been placed in order, as far as possible, where dates or editorial annotations indicate the nature of the copy. The series also includes correspondence with the contributors and some general correspondence about publication and publicity arrangements.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The originals consignment was donated by Dr Jocelynne Scutt to the National Library in three instalments under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme in 1992, 1993 and 1994.

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