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词条 Melanie Nolan
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

      Publications    Recognition  

  3. References

Melanie Nolan (born 1960) is a historian and university academic from New Zealand, specialising in labour and gender history.[1][2] She is the Director of the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University, and General Editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.[3]

Early life and education

Nolan was born in Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand to Paul Nolan and Alison Coad. She attended many schools as her parents moved around the country for work, including Villa Maria College, Christchurch (1967-1971), Mercy College, Timaru (1971) and Teschemakers Dominican College, Oamaru (1974-1975) and Mount Maunganui College, where she was dux.[2] In 1978 she won a scholarship to study at the University of Canterbury, which she attended from 1979 to 1985. She then won a further scholarship to study at the Australian National University, which she attended from 1986 to 1989 for her doctoral degree. Her thesis was a case study of women blue collar workers in Victoria, Australia, from 1880 to 1939.[1]

Career

Nolan lectured in history at Victoria University of Wellington from 1992 to 2008, including holding the position of head of the history department for two years. She also worked in the New Zealand public service, including the State Services Commission (1984-1986), the Treaty Issues Unit of the Crown Law Office (1989), and the Historical Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs (1990-1992).[1]

In 2008 Nolan was appointed General Editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.[4]

Publications

  • Suffrage and Beyond: International Feminist Perspectives (1994), (ed.)[2]
  • Breadwinning. New Zealand Women and the State (2000)[9]
  • Kin: A Collective Biography of a New Zealand Working-class Family (2005), Canterbury University Press[5]
  • Revolution: The 1913 Great Strike in New Zealand (2006), (ed.), Canterbury University Press[6]
  • War and Class. The Diary of Jack McCullough (2009), (ed.)[3]
  • Unions In Common Cause: The New Zealand Federation of Labour, 1937-1988 (2011), (ed.)[3]

Recognition

Nolan won the 2006 Archives & Records Association of New Zealand Ian Wards Prize and was short-listed for the 2007 Ernest Scott Prize for her work Kin.[2]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/nolan-mc|title=Professor Melanie Nolan|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=16 April 2018}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0611b.htm|title=Nolan, Melanie - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia|last=Melbourne|first=The University of|website=www.womenaustralia.info|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-04-16}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/melanie-nolan-183|title=Melanie Nolan|website=The Conversation|language=en|access-date=2018-04-16}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://insidestory.org.au/missing-in-action/|title=Missing in action {{!}} Inside Story|date=2017-03-14|work=Inside Story|access-date=2018-04-16|language=en-US}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.cup.canterbury.ac.nz/releases/2006/060215a.shtml|title=Contacts - Canterbury University Press - University of Canterbury - New Zealand|website=www.cup.canterbury.ac.nz|access-date=2018-04-16}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/engage/cup/catalogue/books/revolution-the-1913-great-strike-in-new-zealand.html|title=Books {{!}} University of Canterbury|website=The University of Canterbury|language=en-nz|access-date=2018-04-16}}
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