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ABOUT ELIZABETH FLETCHER I
attended Catholic schools and then the University of Sydney, Australia. My
first degree was in History and Modern Languages, and I became a
schoolteacher. I agreed to teach Religious Studies, which can be taken as
a University entrance subject in Australia, but I had no real
qualifications and soon found I was out of my depth - attending church
regularly did not prepare me for teaching Religion to high school
students. So I went back to University and gained advanced
qualifications in this area. I
then taught Religious Education and wrote textbooks for many years in
Australian schools. Along the way I was surprised to find there was hardly
anything on the subject of women in the Bible. The books that teachers
used were either scholarly and out of the reach of a normal student, or
cloyingly sentimental and sometimes quite inaccurate as well. I approached
Harper Collins with a book proposal and they published 'Women in the
Bible' in 1997. After
my husband died, I moved out of teaching into full-time writing. I wrote
and edited a variety of Religion textbooks, and was one of the team of
three people who developed the Religious Education curriculum now used
extensively throughout Australia. But my chief interest was always
Biblical studie My website was able to reach far more people than my book ever did, so I decided to devote myself to writing full-time for the Web. I
am interviewed on national radio or talk-back programs whenever there is a
ruckus about something to do with the Bible and women, as there was when 'The
Da Vinci Code' was published. I
have two grown-up children and four rambunctious little grandsons. Let
me know if you have suggestions for the website. I am always interested in
feedback. Elizabeth Fletcher
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