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Conway, Jill Ker – 1990
This autobiography is concerned with the early years and young womanhood of Jill Ker Conway, the first female president of Smith College and a noted historian specializing in the experience of women in America. The book tells the story of Conway's journey from a girlhood on an isolated sheep farm in the Australian grasslands where she studied by…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Cultural Context, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries