'Spinsters Indispensable': Feminists, single women and the critique of marriage, 1890-1920

Australian Historical Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 110, 1998, Pages 68-90

  Holmes, Katie ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 2942662766     PISSN: 1031461X     EISSN: 19405049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10314619808596061     Document Type: Article

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