Deirdre Beddoe

Standard Name: Beddoe, Deirdre

Connections

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Birth Jane Williams
JW was born, the second of seven children, in Riley Street, Chelsea (though scholars have differed over both date and place).
Maxwell Fraser in 1961 argued against Riley Street as her place of birth. Deirdre Beddoe
Textual Features Jane Williams
Williams's book was re-issued in 1987 by Honno Welsh Women's Press as The Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis, Betsy Cadwaladyr: A Balaclava Nurse, with a new introduction by Deirdre Beddoe . The reprint omits the original preface.
Textual Production Jane Williams
She produced the book after a meeting with Davis in 1856 that took place under circumstances which led the writer to appreciate more fully the extraordinary character and history of Elizabeth Davis.
Beddoe, Deirdre et al. “Introduction”. The Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis, Honno, p. ix - xix.
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The book...

Timeline

1828: In the penal colony at New South Wales, Australia,...

Building item

1828

In the penal colony at New South Wales, Australia, men outnumbered women three by to one: the actual figures were 26,611 men and 8,987 women.

Texts

Beddoe, Deirdre. Back to Home and Duty: Women Between the Wars, 1918-1939. Pandora, 1989.
Beddoe, Deirdre et al. “Introduction”. The Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis, Honno, 1987, p. ix - xix.