Save Our Sons Movement (1965 - 1973)

First established in Sydney, and later in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Newcastle and Adelaide the movement protested against conscription of Australians to fight in the Vietnam war. The movement made conscription of men under 18 who were not eligible to vote at that time a focus of their campiagn.

In 1970, five Save Our Sons women were jailed in Melbourne for handing out anti-conscription pamphlets whilst on government property. They included Jean Maclean, Rene Miller and Jo Maclaine-Cross.

Member

• Coxsedge, Joan Marjorie
• McLean, Jean (1934 - )

Related People

• Armstrong, Pauline (1928 - 2001)
• Bowen, Sally (1918 - 1999)

Journals

• [Sydney] Save our Sons movement 1965-1972 (ed.), S.O.S. Newsletter, 1965-1972. [ Details... ]

See also

• Francis, Rosemary, 'Women in protest movements: the Women's Peace Army and the Save Our Sons Movement.', Hons thesis, The University of Melbourne, 1984. [ Details... ]
• Pauline Armstrong, 'A history of the Save Our Sons movement of Victoria: 1965-1973', MA thesis, Monash University, 1991. [ Details... ]