Roger Cross Roger Cross i(6550190 works by)
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1 y separately published work icon Everlastings : Becoming Me : Annie Richards the Flower Hunter Roger Cross , Croydon : Green Hill Publishing , 2024 28909641 2024 single work biography 'Annie so often described her life as 'fearful' and yet it is evident that she enjoyed a remarkable first success as a flower hunter and later an astonishing development as a 'would be naturalist.' With determination and persistence, she became one of the most prolific flower collectors for two scientific gentlemen, Baron von Mueller of Melbourne and Professor Tate of The University of Adelaide. Living in a lonely and isolated part of South Australia, she became, by chance, a trailblazer for what would eventually be called the 'New Woman'. This too is a tragic story of neglect and hardship; it dogged her desire to be a Victorian 'lady' and to be recognised as one of the famous flower hunters of the nineteenth century. Despite all her difficulties and disappointments she was to collect plant specimens for 20 years. Neglected and forgotten, Annie Richards was to triumph in most surprising ways. This account reveals her rightful place in the pantheon of Victorian women who broke the expected role of subservience. Annie's life, 1845-1930, brings into sharp focus the plight of contemporary women who were bold and fearless, but unfulfilled intellectually.' (Publication summary)
1 3 y separately published work icon Ginger for Pluck : The Life and Times of Georgina King Roger Cross , Jennifer, M. T. Carter , Kent Town : Wakefield Press , 2013 6550297 2013 single work biography

'Sydney geologist Georgina King (1845-1932) gave her life to science, and was rewarded with every kind of skullduggery to prevent her success. The tall, red-haired, 'unmarriageable' Miss King was excluded by the professionals, the (all-male) Royal Society of New South Wales. Famous scientific worthies quite likely stole her work. Her denunciations were loud. Through determination and persistence, Georgina King acquired an honourable place in the history of science and the women's place in it. This book tells her intriguing tale.' (Publisher's blurb)
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