Part 3 Women in trade unions in Western Australia in the early 1900s This paper is a section of an article published in Marian Simms, Australian Women and the Political System , Longman Cheshire, 1984. Robin Joyce An apprenticeship…
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LABOR WOMEN: POLITICAL HOUSEKEEPERS OR POLITICIANS?
Women’s political activism in the Australian Labor Party in the Early 1900s in Western Australia Part 2 Robin Joyce This paper is a section of an article published in Marian Simms , Australian Women and the Political System ,…
Labor Women: Political Housekeepers or Politicians?
Robin Joyce Part 2 Leaders’ roles and activities are usually, although not always, easy to follow. Jean Beadle, as described in Part 1, was one woman whose career in the labour movement was well known. However, other women involved…
Labor Women: Political Housekeepers or Politicians?
Robin Joyce Part 1 Myths which limit women’s role and the perception of that role are abundant. The political arena is no exception and the negative images significantly undermine women’s perception of their heritage as legitimate actors in the…
Women’s Suffrage in Australia
WHN Admin. In 1908 the Woman Suffrage Alliance published Woman Suffrage in Australia by Vida Goldstein. The document was found in the Baillieu Library by Karen Buczynski Lee who recognised that it could easily be the only copy…