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Biography

Name: Jill Kathryn Ker Conway
Birth Date: October 9, 1934
Place of Birth: Hillston, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: university president, historian

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Biography of Jill Kathryn Ker Conway
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Jill Kathryn Ker Conway (born 1934) was a historian interested in the role of women in American history. She became the first woman president of Smith College in 1975. Jill Kathryn Ker was born in Hillston, New South Wales, Australia, a small town 75...


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Jill Ker Conway Information
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Jill Ker Conway (born 9 October 1934) is an Australian-American author, best known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoirs, The Road from Coorain. She was also Smith College's first woman president, from 1975-1985, and now serves as a...


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Literary Criticism
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Critical Review by Martin Stannard
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In the following negative review of When Memory Speaks, Stannard criticizes Conway's selection of material for the collection and faults several of her theories regarding the genre of autobiography.
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Critical Review by Diane Cole
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In the following review, Cole offers a favorable assessment of True North.
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Critical Review by Valerie Miner
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In the following mixed review of Written by Herself: Autobiographies of American Women, Miner praises the inspirational autobiographies included in the anthology, but criticizes Conway's failure to provide smooth transitions and questions her inclusion criteria.
 
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William Faulkner, Annie Dillard, Russell Baker and Jill Ker Conway
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Explores William Faulkner's Nobel Prize speech and details its effect on the books An American Childhood, by Annie Dillard, The Road to the Coorain, by Jill Ker Conway, and Growing Up, by Russell Baker.


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