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Stephanie Dowrick was born in [[Wellington]], New Zealand, on 2 June 1947.Sleeman, Elizabeth. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&dq=stephanie+dowrick+2+June+1947&pg=PA149 The International Who's Who of Women 2002]'' pp 149 Her mother, Estelle Mary Dowrick (née [[Brisco baronets|Brisco]], daughter of 7th baronet Sir Hylton Musgrave Campbell Brisco), died in 1955.Dowrick, Stephanie. ''[https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/mind-body-spirit/Intimacy-and-Solitude-Stephanie-Dowrick-9781760111472 Intimacy and Solitude: Balancing Closeness and Independence]'', William Heinemann Australia, Melbourne; The Women’s Press, London (1992); W.W. Norton & Co, New York (1994); revised edition, Random House, Sydney; The Women's Press, London (2002).{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/stephanie-dowrick/intimacy-and-solitude/|title=INTIMACY AND SOLITUDE by Stephanie Dowrick |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]]|access-date=17 September 2017}}
Stephanie Dowrick was born in [[Wellington]], New Zealand, on 2 June 1947.Sleeman, Elizabeth. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&dq=stephanie+dowrick+2+June+1947&pg=PA149 The International Who's Who of Women 2002]'' pp 149 Her mother, Estelle Mary Dowrick (née [[Brisco baronets|Brisco]], daughter of 7th baronet Sir Hylton Musgrave Campbell Brisco), died in 1955.Dowrick, Stephanie. ''[https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/mind-body-spirit/Intimacy-and-Solitude-Stephanie-Dowrick-9781760111472 Intimacy and Solitude: Balancing Closeness and Independence]'', William Heinemann Australia, Melbourne; The Women’s Press, London (1992); W.W. Norton & Co, New York (1994); revised edition, Random House, Sydney; The Women's Press, London (2002).{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/stephanie-dowrick/intimacy-and-solitude/|title=INTIMACY AND SOLITUDE by Stephanie Dowrick |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]]|access-date=17 September 2017}}


As a child, Dowrick went to a number of primary schools, then to [[Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt|Sacred Heart College]] in [[Lower Hutt]] for her secondary education, leaving school at the age of 16.Jane Tolerton. ''[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/499833 Convent Girls]'', Penguin Books Australia, 1994 Dowrick studied law for some time but did not complete her degree{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Simon |date=12 April 1981 |title='I can turn my hand to things' |work=New Zealand News UK}} and left New Zealand in 1967, lived for some months in Israel, then lived in Europe from 1967–1983, mainly in London, but also from 1970–71 in West Berlin.Dowrick, Stephanie. ''Running Backwards Over Sand'', Penguin Books Australia, 1985. She became a Roman Catholic at the age of nine after the death of her mother and her father's remarriage. As an adult she was for many years a member of the Religious Society of Friends ([[Quakers]]).
As a child, Dowrick went to a number of primary schools, then to [[Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt|Sacred Heart College]] in [[Lower Hutt]] for her secondary education, leaving school at the age of 16.Jane Tolerton. ''[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/499833 Convent Girls]'', Penguin Books Australia, 1994 Dowrick studied law for some time but did not complete her degree name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Simon |date=12 April 1981 |title='I can turn my hand to things' |work=New Zealand News UK}} and left New Zealand in 1967, lived for some months in Israel, then lived in Europe from 1967–1983, mainly in London, but also from 1970–71 in West Berlin.Dowrick, Stephanie. ''Running Backwards Over Sand'', Penguin Books Australia, 1985. She became a Roman Catholic at the age of nine after the death of her mother and her father's remarriage. As an adult she was for many years a member of the Religious Society of Friends ([[Quakers]]).


Since 1983, she has lived in Sydney with her family.{{cite web|url=https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/mind-body-spirit/Intimacy-and-Solitude-Stephanie-Dowrick-9781760111472|title=Intimacy and Solitude - Stephanie Dowrick - 9781760111472 - Allen & Unwin - Australia|website=Allenandunwin.com|access-date=17 September 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=Roger|last2=Robinson|first2=Nelson|title=The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature|date=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8cUAQAAIAAJ&q=Stephanie+Dowrick|access-date=23 September 2017|isbn=9780195583489}}
Since 1983, she has lived in Sydney with her family.{{cite web|url=https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/mind-body-spirit/Intimacy-and-Solitude-Stephanie-Dowrick-9781760111472|title=Intimacy and Solitude - Stephanie Dowrick - 9781760111472 - Allen & Unwin - Australia|website=Allenandunwin.com|access-date=17 September 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=Roger|last2=Robinson|first2=Nelson|title=The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature|date=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8cUAQAAIAAJ&q=Stephanie+Dowrick|access-date=23 September 2017|isbn=9780195583489}}
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Dowrick was an editor and publisher at [[George G. Harrap and Co.]], London,{{cite book|editor-last1=Eagleton|editor-first1=Mary|editor2=Emma Parker|title=The History of British Women's Writing, 1970–Present: Volume Ten|date=2015|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|page=84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=owHeCgAAQBAJ&q=stephanie+dowrick+New+English+Library.&pg=PA84|isbn=9781137294814}} the [[New English Library]], and Triad Paperbacks.{{cite book|last1=Munro|first1=Craig|last2=Sheahan-Bright|first2=Robyn|title=Paper Empires: A History of the Book in Australia, 1946-2005|date=2006|publisher=University of Queensland Press|page=97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VRM7i0OhEIkC&q=stephanie+dowrick+Triad+Paperbacks&pg=PA97|isbn=9780702235733}}


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Dowrick was an editor and publisher at [[George G. Harrap and Co.]], London,{{cite book|editor-last1=Eagleton|editor-first1=Mary|editor2=Emma Parker|title=The History of British Women's Writing, 1970–Present: Volume Ten|date=2015|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|page=84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=owHeCgAAQBAJ&q=stephanie+dowrick+New+English+Library.&pg=PA84|isbn=9781137294814}} the [[New English Library]], and Triad Paperbacks.{{cite book|last1=Munro|first1=Craig|last2=Sheahan-Bright|first2=Robyn|title=Paper Empires: A History of the Book in Australia, 1946-2005|date=2006|publisher=University of Queensland Press|page=97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VRM7i0OhEIkC&q=stephanie+dowrick+Triad+Paperbacks&pg=PA97|isbn=9780702235733}} From there she became a managing editor of the New English Library. In 1975 Dowrick was approached to set up a new imprint, Triad, for [[Chatto & Windus|Chatto and Windus]]. While still at Chatto and Windus, Dowrick set up
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In 1977, Dowrick co-founded the independent feminist publishing house, [[The Women's Press]], from her home in East London,''Sydney Morning Herald'', 6 January 1979; ''The Age'' (Melbourne) 10 February 1979Morris, Linda. [https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-milk-of-human-kindness-20120121-1qb1d.html?deviceType=text%20Review%20of%20%27%27Everyday%20Kindness "The milk of human kindness"], ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', New South Wales, 21 January 2012. with financial backing from entrepreneur [[Naim Attallah]].

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In 1977, Dowrick co-founded the independent feminist publishing house, [[The Women's Press]], from her home in East London,''Sydney Morning Herald'', 6 January 1979; ''The Age'' (Melbourne) 10 February 1979Morris, Linda. [https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-milk-of-human-kindness-20120121-1qb1d.html?deviceType=text%20Review%20of%20%27%27Everyday%20Kindness "The milk of human kindness"], ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', New South Wales, 21 January 2012. with financial backing from entrepreneur [[Naim Attallah]]. /> By 1981 the press was able to appoint two full-time and three part-time staff. />


The Women's Press was "a political press" explicitly linked with the Women's Movement. Along with [[Virago Press|Virago publishers]], founded by Australian [[Carmen Callil]], The Women's Press was the largest feminist publisher in the English language during the key period of the second wave of the women's liberation movement, largely considered to have run from 1969 to the mid-1980s.Eagleton, Mary, and Emma Parker, eds, ''[https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137294807 The History of British Women’s Writing 1970–Present]'', Vol. 10, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016.
The Women's Press was "a political press" explicitly linked with the Women's Movement. Along with [[Virago Press|Virago publishers]], founded by Australian [[Carmen Callil]], The Women's Press was the largest feminist publisher in the English language during the key period of the second wave of the women's liberation movement, largely considered to have run from 1969 to the mid-1980s.Eagleton, Mary, and Emma Parker, eds, ''[https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137294807 The History of British Women’s Writing 1970–Present]'', Vol. 10, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016.
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