Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Historical Memoirs of Admiral Charles Stirling
Excerpt from Historical Memoirs of Admiral Charles Stirling: Extracted From the Fourteenth Part of the Naval Biography of Great Britain Mr. Ralfe haying some time since applied to me, by letter, for any documents in my posses sion which might assist him in compiling a Memoir of my professional life, my son supplied him with several written and printed statements relative to the services in which I have been engaged. These statements were drawn up on different oc casions, without'any View to a publication of this nature. From. Them Mr. Ralfe has compiled the Historical Memoirs given to the public in the 14th Number of his Naval Biograpkyi't, mak ing occasional additions from 'other sburces to...
The London Gazette
None
Mary Lee
Suffragist and social justice advocate Mary Lee was determined to leave the world a better place than she found it. The feisty 59-year-old widow, of limited means and with few family and friends, settled in Adelaide in 1879 and immediately set to work. Undaunted by the opposition of antagonistic politicians and a conservative public, Mary thrust herself into high profile campaigns in support of female refuge, improving women's working conditions and gaining women's suffrage. In 1894, South Australia became the first place in the world to pass legislation giving women the right to vote and be elected members of parliament, thanks in no small part to Mary Lee's energy and committed determinati...
