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Issue Details: First known date: 1927... 1927 The Glad School
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'The Glad School centres on the adventures and misadventures of two madcap friends, Frances "Wuzzie" and Dorothy "Twinkle", who are both fond of pranks. The story starts with their midnight feast being interrupted when one of their schoolmates, dressed as a ghost, steals their food. The girls are determined to discover the culprit and seek retribution, though they target two innocent girls before discovering the real culprit. The Glad School contains many chapter-length vignettes of school life and activities.' It is set in the Presbyterian Girls' College in Warwick where Mackness was Headmistress. Source: Bonza Schooldays.

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Shaping Girls in an Australian Context : Constance Mackness, Educator and Author (1882-1973) Pam Macintyre , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Something to Crow About : New Perspectives in Literature for Young People 1999; (p. 119-134) "Books written for, and read by girls formed an important part of their culture and their perceptions of themselves as female. Women who shaped the texts, helped shape the culture. This paper will examine the construction of gender identity through this significant form of cultural transmission, stories written for girls and young women during the early twentieth century Australia. Contance Mackness's life and work will be used as an example." (Macintyre, Pam, 1999, p.119)
Untitled Franziska , 1927 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 4 October vol. 3 no. 45 1927; (p. 24)
— Review of The Glad School Constance Mackness , 1927 single work children's fiction
Untitled Franziska , 1927 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 4 October vol. 3 no. 45 1927; (p. 24)
— Review of The Glad School Constance Mackness , 1927 single work children's fiction
Shaping Girls in an Australian Context : Constance Mackness, Educator and Author (1882-1973) Pam Macintyre , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Something to Crow About : New Perspectives in Literature for Young People 1999; (p. 119-134) "Books written for, and read by girls formed an important part of their culture and their perceptions of themselves as female. Women who shaped the texts, helped shape the culture. This paper will examine the construction of gender identity through this significant form of cultural transmission, stories written for girls and young women during the early twentieth century Australia. Contance Mackness's life and work will be used as an example." (Macintyre, Pam, 1999, p.119)
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