This collection includes the records of the Western Australian branch of the Modern Women's Club and the Union of Australian Women. It includes correspondence regarding International Women's Day, files about moral and social issues, equal pay for women, political issues and the Wooraloo Hospital dispute.

Records

Annual reports (1954-1962); correspondence (1938-1973), including correspondence on International Women's Day (1938-1969); minutes (1961-1972), newsletters and subject files on social, moral and political topics e.g. equal pay, Wooroloo Hospital controversy ; file of documents and correspondence relating to the State Editorial Committee for "Our women" magazine; photographs. Includes eulogy, given by her daughter Olga on 15 May 1986, for Elsie Peders, a member of the Modern Women's Club and the Union of Australian Women.