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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. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joyce Thorpe Nicholson Australian Women Collection )〕 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. ==Timeline== (Details from an online biography)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nicholson, Joyce Thorpe (1919 – ) )〕 * 1935 – 1946 Junior typist, secretary and sub-editor at D W Thorpe Pty Ltd (Melbourne) * 1940 Vice-president of the Student Representative Council at the University of Melbourne * 1943 Married George Harvey Nicholson (1 Dec May 1997), they had 4 children * 1947 – 1968 Writer and part-time work at D W Thorpe Pty Ltd (Melbourne) * 1957 Organizer of the first Children's Book Week in Victoria * 1968–1980 Managing director and proprietor of D W Thorpe Pty Ltd (Melbourne), and editor, Australian Bookseller and Australian Books in Print * 1971–1974 Editor of Newsletter for the Royal Historical Society of Victoria * 1972–1983 Secretary and executive member of the Australian Library Promotion Council * 1974 Founding member of the National Book Council * 1979–1980 Co-founder and director of Sisters Publishing Ltd * 1987–1992 chief executive officer of Jayen Press * 1993 chief executive officer of Courtyard Press * 1998 Recipient of the Lloyd O'Neil Award for services to the Book Industry 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joyce Nicholson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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