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Hunter, Thelma (1923 - )

Born
1923
Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation
Academic and Women's Liberationist

Summary

Dr Thelma Hunter is known for her work as an academic and feminist whose main research interests include women's issues and social policy, health policy and Indian politics.

Details

Thelma Hunter served in the Auxilliary Territorial Service between 1942-46 before commencing her MA, Dip Ed Political Economy and Politics at the University of Glasgow (1946-56). She arrived in Australia in 1958 where she held the position of Lecturer, Department of Political Science at the Australian National University (ANU) between 1965-79.

She completed her PhD in Political Science - The Politics of National Health - at ANU in 1969. Between 1991 and 1994 she was a Visiting Fellow at the same university.

She published Not a dutiful daughter: the personal story of a migrant academic in 1999.

Thelma married Alex Hunter in 1947 and the pair had three children between 1947-1958c.

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Papers of Thelma Hunter, 1950 - 1984, MS 9353; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Hunter, Thelma, Not a dutiful daughter: the personal story of a migrant academic, Ginninderra Press, Canberra, 1999. Details

Journal Articles

  • Hunter, Thelma, 'The Employment of Women in Australia', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 3, no. 2 (October), 1961. Details
  • Hunter, Thelma, 'Some Factors Affecting the Employment of Women', Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 4, no. 2 (October), 1962. Details
  • Hunter, Thelma, 'Industrial Court and Women's Wages', Economic Record, December, 1962. Details
  • Hunter, Thelma, 'The Status of Women in Australia', The Indian Journal of Social Work, vol. XXVIII, no. 2 (July), 1967. Details
  • Hunter, Thelma, 'Reform and Revolution in Contemporary Feminism', Politics, vol. VIII, no. 2 (November), 1973. Details
  • Hunter, Thelma, 'The Womanities: Towards Integration or Segregation', ANU Reporter, no. 14 June, 1974. Details
  • Hunter, Thelma, 'Married Women in Academia: A Personal View', Vestes: The Australian Universities' Review, 1975. Details
  • Hunter, Thelma, 'Women and Social Policy in Australia', The Australian Universities Review (New Revised Edition), 1977. Details
  • Hunter, Thelma, 'The travails of a Liberal Feminist', vol. 20, Summer, 1994. Details

Reviews

  • Hunter, Thelma, 'Review of Women in Australia', Review of Women in Australia, Australian Quarterly, vol. XXXV, no. 1 (March), 1962. Details

Online Resources

Elle Morrell

Created: 4 May 2000, Last modified: 4 May 2009

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