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Mary Cadogan (1) (1928–2014)

Autor(a) de You're a Brick, Angela!: The Girls' Story 1839-1985

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14+ Works 393 Membros 3 Reviews

About the Author

Mary Cadogan was born in London, England on May 30, 1928. From 1958 until her death, she worked for the Indian writer and teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti's organizations in England as the company secretary of the Krishnamurti Foundation from 1968 to1995, and then as a governor of the foundation and its mostrar mais international school at Brockwood Park in Hampshire. She also edited several of Krishnamurti's books, including two volumes of his dialogues with the theoretical physicist David Bohm. She collaborated on several books with Patricia Craig including You're a Brick, Angela!, Women and Children First: The Fiction of Two World Wars, and The Lady Investigates: Women Detectives and Spies in Fiction. Her other books include Chin Up, Chest Out, Jemima!: A Celebration of the Schoolgirls' Story, Women with Wings: Female Flyers in Fact and Fiction, And Then Their Hearts Stood Still: An Exuberant Look at Romantic Fiction Past and Present, and Mary Carries On: Reflections on Some Favourite Girls' Stories. She received the Silver Cross of St. George award from This England magazine and a lifetime achievement award from the Children's Books History Society. She died September 27, 2014 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras de Mary Cadogan

Associated Works

Anderby Wold (1923) — Introdução, algumas edições208 cópias
The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy (1749) — Introdução, algumas edições112 cópias
Jane and Co. (1985) — Editor, algumas edições2 cópias

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Women with Wings is a perceptive and highly entertaining celebration of the achievements of female flyers from eighteenth-century balloonists to today's astronauts. For decades female aviators had to defy social prejudices despite having achieved remarkable feats of skill and endurance. From 1910, women pilots in America performed death-defying stunts, and in England during the 1920s, a clutch of aristocratic flyers were flipping from continent to continent in their private planes. By the 1930s women had produced an abundance of record-makers - Amy Johnson, Amelia Earhart, Jean Batten and Beryl Markham among them. The Second World War recruited British and American women to ferry fighters and bombers from factories and airfields, and produced some outstanding pilots from Germany and Russia. Post-war developments included long-distance record flights and the growth of opportunity in commercial and military flight and in space exploration. As well as charting women's progress in aviation, Women with Wings considers fictional images of female flyers in comic-strips, magazines, books - from girls' adventure tales to romances. Generally speaking, fictional aviatrices, such as "Wonderwoman" and "Vanessa from Venus", achieve success more easily than their real-life counterparts. This book is both amusing and enlightening in its research on the determination and struggles of women to fly.… (mais)
 
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MasseyLibrary | May 15, 2021 |
Highly informative study of the portrayal of women in detective stories and thrillers. Starts right back in the mid-19th century with Mrs Paschal and covers girl detectives such as Nancy Drew, policewomen (Charmian Daniels), superannuated amateurs (Miss Marple, Dame Beatrice Lestrange et al), spies and action women (Modesty Blaise) and assistants (from Nora Charles to Mrs. North). As it was published in 1981, you won't find Kinsey Millhone, Kay Scarpetta or Sally Lockhart here, but it's never less than informative and entertaining.… (mais)
 
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JonRob | 1 outra resenha | Jun 30, 2008 |
A book that is mostly about the earlier development of female characters in Detective fiction with a lookin for some spies. Concentrates on the pre and post-world war II era, this was written in 1981 and shows as there have been several new strong female characters in the last couple of decades. It would be interesting to see a sequel to this.

However it did have me wanting to write bits out and hunt up some of the books mentioned, I was surprised at how familiar several of the books were and I do believe I had read at least one book by most of the authors cited.

Overall dated but interesting.
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wyvernfriend | 1 outra resenha | Jun 12, 2006 |

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Obras
14
Also by
4
Membros
393
Popularidade
#61,674
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Resenhas
3
ISBNs
80
Idiomas
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