Passionate Friends

Sylvia Martin
Passionate Friends

Passionate Friends

Sylvia Martin

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Mary Fullerton (1868-1946) and Mabel Singleton (1877-1965) met in Melbourne as suffrage and peace activists in Vida Goldstein’s Women’s Political Association. They remained together for thirty-five years as loving friends, raising Mabel’s son born in 1911. Through her literary friendship with Miles Franklin (1879-1954), Mary Fullerton’s last two volumes of poetry were published in the 1940s.

Rescued from near destruction, a box of Mary’s manuscripts eventually made its way to the Mitchell Library. It contained poems she never sent to Miles Franklin. These poignant poems, many dedicated to Mabel, trace a love story that sheds light on how women of the early twentieth century may have understood their love for each other.

‘A fascinating portrait of friendship, love, desire, politics and art – and the blurry, shape-shifting lines between them. I relished this book, rich in scholarship and full of heart.’

Author:   Sylvia Martin
Publisher:   Interventions Publishing
ISBN:  

9780645183993


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Mary Fullerton (1868-1946) and Mabel Singleton (1877-1965) met in Melbourne as suffrage and peace activists in Vida Goldstein’s Women’s Political Association. They remained together for thirty-five years as loving friends, raising Mabel’s son born in 1911. Through her literary friendship with Miles Franklin (1879-1954), Mary Fullerton’s last two volumes of poetry were published in the 1940s.

Rescued from near destruction, a box of Mary’s manuscripts eventually made its way to the Mitchell Library. It contained poems she never sent to Miles Franklin. These poignant poems, many dedicated to Mabel, trace a love story that sheds light on how women of the early twentieth century may have understood their love for each other.

‘A fascinating portrait of friendship, love, desire, politics and art – and the blurry, shape-shifting lines between them. I relished this book, rich in scholarship and full of heart.’

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Author:   Sylvia Martin
Publisher:   Interventions Publishing
ISBN:  

9780645183993


Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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