"Mr. Hogarth's Will" by Catherine Helen Spence is a story set in the late 1800s about two orphaned sisters, Jane and Alice Melville, who find their lives turned upside down when their uncle leaves his inheritance to a secret son, instead of them. After the funeral, the sisters uncover the shocking details of the will, which highlights their uncle's strange ideas about women being independent, the two women are suddenly facing a hard future without money. Jane decides to find ways to support herself, while Alice turns to writing, showing two different reactions to the same problem as they try to make their lives in a world with limited choices for women.
Mr. Hogarth's Will
By Catherine Helen Spence
When two orphaned sisters are unexpectedly disinherited by their eccentric uncle's will, they strike out on a journey to find their place in a society with little opportunities for women.
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About the AuthorCatherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician, leading suffragist, and Georgist. Spence was also a minister of religion and social worker, and supporter of electoral proportional representation. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing (unsuccessfully) for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide. Called the "Greatest Australian Woman" by Miles Franklin and by the age of 80 dubbed the "Grand Old Woman of Australia", Spence was commemorated on the Australian five-dollar note issued for the Centenary of Federation of Australia.
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician, leading suffragist, and Georgist. Spence was also a minister of religion and social worker, and supporter of electoral proportional representation. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing (unsuccessfully) for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide. Called the "Greatest Australian Woman" by Miles Franklin and by the age of 80 dubbed the "Grand Old Woman of Australia", Spence was commemorated on the Australian five-dollar note issued for the Centenary of Federation of Australia.
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