Caroline Chisolm - The Immigrants Friend

Share real hope with your family, friends and community! - Hope 103.2 (hope1032.com.au) Caroline Chisholm was a philanthropist, social reformer and humanitarian, who devoted herself to helping unemployed migrants, particularly vulnerable young women. She set up a safehouse and employment agency for single women, and personally escorted them to their new homes in the country. She campaigned to bring out the families of former convicts for free, so they could be reunited with their loved ones in Australia. In 1847, she became the first woman to address the House of Lords in Westminster. She was also the first woman, other than the Queen, to feature on an Australian bank note. But the time she returned to England in 1846, she had helped 11,000 new Australians find homes and work. Further information: Caroline Chisholm – An Irresistible Force, by Sarah Goldman, HarperCollins, 2017 Caroline Chisholm – The Emigrant’s Friends, by Joanna Bogle Caroline Chisholm – The Emigrant’s Friend by Tania McCartney (Junior Historical Fiction) Australian Dictionary of Biography One Saint For Australia - Newspaper Article You can find Dr Paul Roe online at theoutbackhistorian.com.au and Katrina Roe at katrinaroe.com

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Caroline Chisolm - The Immigrants Friend is an episode from Australia's Invisible History by Hope 103.2 Digital Team.

This episode is 17:04 long.

This episode was published on Oct 24, 2022.

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