Roma the First : a biography of Dame Roma Mitchell / Susan Magarey & Kerrie Round.

Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2007.

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Mitchell, Roma Alma Flinders, -- Dame, -- 1913-2000.

Women lawyers -- South Australia -- Biography.

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1. Growing up caring, competitive and Catholic

2. Courses in law, and life

3. World War Two

4. Out of the frozen fifties

5. Roma the First

6. The golden years

7. Roma the reformer

8. Citizen of the world

9. Contradictions and continuities

10. A very good retirement

11. A private citizen again

12. Epilogue.

Roma Mitchell contributed importantly to her times, pioneering a new kind of womanhood and becoming an inspiration in terms of opportunities and freedoms for women in Australia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781862547803

ix, [5], 465 p. : ill. ; 24 cm