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Swifty : a life of Yvonne Swift / Edmund Campion.
Van Pelt Library BX4705.S922 C36 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campion, Edmund, 1933- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swift, Yvonne, 1912-2002.
- Swift, Yvonne.
- Society of the Sacred Heart--Australia.
- Society of the Sacred Heart.
- Convent of the Sacred Heart (Rose Bay, N.S.W.).
- Sancta Sophia College (University of Sydney).
- Nuns--Australia--Biography.
- Nuns.
- Women school principals--Australia--Biography.
- Women school principals.
- Criminal defense lawyers--Australia--Biography.
- Criminal defense lawyers.
- Australia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 124 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing, 2016.
- Summary:
- The extraordinary story of how a devoted nun became an equally devoted campaigner for justice- as a successful criminal defence lawyer. When Yvonne Benedicta Swift entered the Sacre Coeur convent in Rose Bay in 1938, she was determined to dedicate herself to religious life. But in the 1970s she did something unusual: retrained as a lawyer, established her own practice and defended some of Sydney's most notorious criminals. In her shift to the law, 'Swifty', as she was known, left behind an impressive career as principle of the Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart, and later Sancta Sophia College at the University of Sydney, Australia. In her legal practice she took on clients who she believed had been wronged, especially by the legal system itself. Known for her plain-speaking approach and her deeply compassionate outlook, Swifty went on to represent the likes of convicted murderers Douglas Rendell and Arthur Loveday, underworld figure Bill Bayeh, and Bandidos gang members for everything from traffic offences to murder. The story of this extraordinary women, who treated everyone from bishops to bikies equally, is a truly unusual and remarkable one.
- Contents:
- 1 A French convent 1
- 2 Schooldays 7
- 3 At university 17
- 4 Entering the convent 24
- 5 Enriching young lives 32
- 6 Sancra Sophia 43
- 7 The life of the mind 56
- 8 Among her friends 69
- 9 Return to the law 82
- 10 In pursuit of justice 93
- 11 Fidelity 102
- 12 A lifetime of giving 110.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781742234755
- 1742234755
- OCLC:
- 945698228
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