Polly Plum

Polly Plum is a biography of one of New Zealand’s earliest feminists, Mary Ann Colclough, whose publicly voiced opinions saw her described in the nineteenth century as ‘our own little stray strap of a modern female fanatic’. A good two decades ahead of the organized women’s movement, ‘Polly Plum’ began politicizing women by writing about the realities of their daily lives, what needed to change and how. Coleman here reclaims Mary Ann Colclough’s place in New Zealand’s feminist history by bringing her life and contributions to a wider audience.

Polly Plum este o biografie a uneia dintre cele mai vechi feministe din Noua Zeelanda, Mary Ann Colclough, ale carei opinii exprimate public au vazut-o descrisa in secolul al XIX-lea ca fiind „propria noastra curea ratacita a unui fanatic feminin modern”. Cu doua decenii inainte de miscarea organizata a femeilor, „Polly Plum” a inceput sa politizeze femeile scriind despre realitatile vietii lor de zi cu zi, ce trebuie sa se schimbe si cum.