Joyce Nicholson

Joyce Nicholson

Joyce Nicholson (née Thorpe) (1 June 1919 – 30 January 2011) was an Australian author, business woman and a significant contributor to an Australian political organisation, the Women's Electoral Lobby.

The daughter of Publisher D.W. Thorpe, Nicholson was born in Melbourne and educated at Methodist Ladies' College and the University of Melbourne. She was active in the women's movement as one of the founding members of the Woman's Electoral Lobby and Sisters Publishing.[1] She was a significant influence in the Australian publishing industry for many years as managing director, and later sole owner, of D.W. Thorpe Pty Ltd (from 1968 to 1987 when the firm was sold). She authored over 25 books, many of them dealing with children and women. She married Harvey Nicholson and had four children: Peter, Hilary, Wendy, and Michael.

Joyce sponsored a major collection of books by and about Australian women, the Joyce Thorpe Nicholson Collection at Melbourne University. It includes rare nineteenth century material, as well as scarce twentieth-century political ephemera.[2] The Joyce Thorpe Nicholson Hall of Fame Award is sponsored by Thorpe Bowker and presented periodically to a designer whose body of work has made a significant contribution to the standards of book design in Australia.[3]

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(Details from an online biography)[4]

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References

  1. "Sisters Publishing". The University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 12 February 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. "Joyce Thorpe Nicholson Australian Women Collection". The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  3. "The 59th Australian Publishers Association Book Design Awards 2011" (PDF). Australian Publishers Association. 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  4. "Nicholson, Joyce Thorpe (1919 – )". National Foundation for Australian Women. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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