Writer JILL KER CONWAY. CONWAY grew up in a remote sheep station in the Australian outback, and later became the president of Smith College. Her girlhood memoir, "The Road from Coorain," was a bestseller, but it ended as CONWAY entered adulthood. In her new book, "True North," (Knopf) she continues her story, writing about organizing for women's rights on campus, and creating a marriage in which she and her husband are equal partners. CONWAY was the first female vice president of The University of Toronto, and from 1975 to 1985 was the president of Smith. Since then, she has been a visiting scholar and professor at M.I.T.'s Program in Science, Technology and Society
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