The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women
by
Deborah J. Swiss
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Historian Deborah J. Swiss tells the heartbreaking, horrifying, and ultimately triumphant story of the women exiled from the British Isles and forced into slavery and savagery-who created the most liberated society of their time.
Agnes McMillan and Janet Houston were convicted for shoplifting....