Charlotte Macdonald

Charlotte Macdonald
Residence New Zealand
Alma mater University of Auckland
Scientific career
Institutions Victoria University of Wellington
Thesis Single women as immigrant settlers in New Zealand, 1853–1871 (1986)

Charlotte Jean Macdonald is a New Zealand historian. After studying as an undergraduate at Massey University, she earned her PhD from University of Auckland and is now a professor at Victoria University of Wellington.

Early life

Macdonald has a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Massey University, and a PhD from the University of Auckland.[1]

Professional career

Macdonald is a Professor of History at Victoria University of Wellington. Her areas of expertise include: 19th Century colonies and empires; New Zealand history; gender and women's history; and cultural history of bodies, modernity, sport and spectating.[1]

She wrote the Te Ara – Encyclopedia of New Zealand entry on 'Women and Men' in New Zealand history.[2]

Selected works

  • A Woman of Good Character: Single Women as Immigrant Settlers in Nineteenth-century New Zealand Allen & Unwin, 1990. ISBN 0046582584
  • The Book of New Zealand Women / Ko kui ma te kaupapa with Merimeri Penfold, Bridget Williams Books, 1991. ISBN 0908912048
  • The Vote, the Pill and the Demon Drink: A History of Feminist Writing in New Zealand, 1869–1993, Bridget Williams Books, 1993. ISBN 0908912404
  • Women in History with Barbara Brookes and Margaret Tennant, Bridget Williams Books, 1992. ISBN 0908912234
  • Women and Crime in New Zealand Society 1888–1910 BA (hons) thesis, Massey University.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Charlotte Macdonald | School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations | Victoria University of Wellington". www.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  2. ↑ Macdonald, Charlotte. "Story: Women and men". Te Ara. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Macdonald, Charlotte J (1977). Women and crime in New Zealand society 1888–1910: a research exercise presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History at Massey University.


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