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Anne Philomena O'Brien

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Anne Philomena O'Brien
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Glenelg, South Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationHistorian
Notable workGod's Willing Workers

Anne Philomena O'Brien (born 1954) is an Australian historian and author who is a professor at the University of New South Wales.

Early life

Anne Philomena O'Brien was born in 1954 in Glenelg, South Australia, Australia.[1][2] Her parents were Paul and Mary (Mollie) O'Brien. Anne was their fifth and youngest daughter.[2]

Education

In 1975, O'Brien earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Adelaide, graduating with honours. She taught part-time for a year at Flinders University in South Australia, before enrolling in a PhD program at the University of Sydney. She completed her PhD in 1982.

Career

From 1982 to 1985, she taught at Santa Sabina College.[2]

In 1987, O'Brien began lecturing in history at the University of New South Wales.[2] She became an associate professor in 2007,[2] and later became a full professor in the School of Humanities and Languages.[3]

In 1988, O'Brien published her first book, Poverty's Prison. The Poor in New South Wales 1880–1918, which was based on her PhD research. Her second book, God's Willing Workers: Women and Religion in Australia, was published in 2005.[2][4] She published Philanthropy and Settler Colonialism in 2014.[5]

O'Brien is married and has two children.[2]

References

  1. ^ "53559772". viaf.org. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Melbourne, The University of. "O'Brien, Anne Philomena – Woman – The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Professor Anne Philomena O'Brien". research.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ Campion, Edmund. (2007). "God's Willing Workers: Women and Religion in Australia (review)". The Catholic Historical Review. 93 (3): 736–737. doi:10.1353/cat.2007.0233. ISSN 1534-0708.
  5. ^ O’Brien, Anne (2015). Philanthropy and Settler Colonialism. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9781137440501. ISBN 978-1-349-49449-1.


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