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100	1		_aFleming, Robin, _d1942- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aYou're telling me! : _ba memoir of Peg Fleming / _cby Robin Fleming ; with the late Peg Fleming.
300			_avii, 200 pages : _billustrations : _c26 cm
520			_aLady Peg Fleming, nee Chambers, wife of scientist Sir Charles Fleming, and mother of Robin, Mary, and Jean, was a science graduate from the University of New Zealand and an amateur historian in later life. Peg had a lifelong interest in travel, research, and learning, and filled her spare moments with voluntary work. Her greatest commitment was to the Federation of University Women, in which she was active until her death in 2000. Robin Fleming's memoir of her mother describes the tensions that existed for Peg between supporting her husband's career, raising her daughters, and pursuing these varied interests and activities. It is a portrayal of a richly-lived lifewithin the conventions and expectations of thethen middle-class society. Robin writes:Mary, Jean and I have often wondered what Peg would have done had she been born ageneration later. She might have been themanager of a big firm, perhaps, or a politician,or she might have done a degree in history andbecome an academic historian. But Peg was a woman of her time. She was not looking for equality.The model for her marriage, and therefore her life, was complementarity. She played her part byrunning the family, organising the household, and being Charles' social hostess, personal supportand companion. Charles played his part by paying the bills. Each needed the other to completetheir life together.
600	1	0	_aFleming, Peg, _d1917-2000.
650		0	_aWomen _zNew Zealand _vBiography.
700	1		_aFleming, Peg, _d1917-2000.
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