Harwood, Marian Fleming (1846 - 1934)

Marian Harwood was a committed member of the New South Wales branch of the Peace Society, becoming vice-president in 1913. She founded the journal Pax in 1912, and established a library of peace literature. Harwood funded the Sydney office of the Peace Society and offered prizes to children in state secondary schools for essays on peace. She also gave money to several Sydney hospitals and children's homes. Marian Harwood had a strong interest in feminist organisations. She wrote several monographs on subjects that ranged from the life of Rose Scott, to the success or otherwise of international peace conferences, and to the study and performance of Shakespeare's plays.

• Harwood, Mrs Septimus (married name)
• Reid, Marian (maiden name)

Conference Papers

• Harwood, Marian Fleming (Mrs Septimus), 'Reminiscences of the late Miss Rose Scott as founder, president, and life-long friend of the Peace Society, New South Wales Branch', in Hague Anniversary Meeting of the Peace Society, Peace Society, New South Wales Branch, Sydney, 18 May 1925. [ Details... ]

Journal Articles

• Jordens, Ann-Mari, 'The Growth and Decline of a Liberal Anti-War Movement in Australia, 1905-1918', Historical Studies (Melbourne), 1987. [ Details... ]

Monographs

• Harwood, Marian Fleming (Mrs Septimus), Shakespeare Cult in Germany from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Time, William Brooks, Sydney, 1907. [ Details... ]
• Harwood, Marian Fleming (Mrs Septimus), The Hope of Europe: and some thoughts which it awakened, Ysobel MacPhee, S. Harwood, Sydney, 1922. [ Details... ]
• Harwood, Marian Fleming (Mrs Septimus), Peace Conferences at Home and Abroad: with some general news about the peace movement, N.S.W. Peace Society, Sydney, 1924. [ Details... ]

See also

• Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au. [ Details... ]
• Radi, Heather (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press, Sydney, 1988, 258 pp. (Also available at http://www.200australianwomen.com/) [ Details... ]