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'When socialist barrister and aspiring member of parliament Maurice Blackburn met Doris Hordern, ardent feminist and campaign secretary to Vida Goldstein, neither had marriage in their imagined futures. But they fell in love-with each other as much as with their individual aspirations to change the world for the better. Theirs would be an exacting partnership as they held one another to the highest ideals. They worked as elected members of parliaments and community activists, influencing conscription laws, benefits for working men and women, atomic bomb tests, civil rights and Indigenous recognition. Together, they shook Australia.' (Publication summary)
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Peter Love Review of Carolyn Rasmussen, The Blackburns : Private Lives, Public Ambition
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , no. 4 2020; (p. 181-186)
— Review of The Blackburns : Private Lives, Public Ambitions 2019 single work biography 'The logo of Maurice Blackburn Lawyers declares ‘We Fight for Fair’. It might also have been a good family motto for the firm’s founder Maurice Blackburn and his activist wife Doris. They formed a particularly interesting idealist political partnership.' (Introduction) -
Rescued from the Footnotes
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , June 2019;
— Review of The Blackburns : Private Lives, Public Ambitions 2019 single work biography 'Maurice and Doris Blackburn resisted the pull of the mainstream' -
A Couple of Radicals : Rescuing the Blackburns from Other People's Footnotes
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 410 2019; (p. 45-46)'If you were young and energetic and a believer in a range of progressive causes, Melbourne in the first three decades of the twentieth century was an exciting place. It was even better if you were in love.' (Introduction)
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Peter Love Review of Carolyn Rasmussen, The Blackburns : Private Lives, Public Ambition
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , no. 4 2020; (p. 181-186)
— Review of The Blackburns : Private Lives, Public Ambitions 2019 single work biography 'The logo of Maurice Blackburn Lawyers declares ‘We Fight for Fair’. It might also have been a good family motto for the firm’s founder Maurice Blackburn and his activist wife Doris. They formed a particularly interesting idealist political partnership.' (Introduction) -
Rescued from the Footnotes
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , June 2019;
— Review of The Blackburns : Private Lives, Public Ambitions 2019 single work biography 'Maurice and Doris Blackburn resisted the pull of the mainstream' -
A Couple of Radicals : Rescuing the Blackburns from Other People's Footnotes
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 410 2019; (p. 45-46)'If you were young and energetic and a believer in a range of progressive causes, Melbourne in the first three decades of the twentieth century was an exciting place. It was even better if you were in love.' (Introduction)
