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Catholic Women's League, Tasmania Inc. (1941 - )
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Function: Social support organisation
Location: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

The Catholic Women's League Tasmania was established in 1941 in Launceston to bring together Catholic women, to help them meet socially, to engage in charitable work and to assist them to play their part in public life. Gwen Mullins, the catalyst for its formation, expressed concern about the isolation of Catholics from the general community in Launceston and particularly the non participation of Catholic women in any civic sphere at all. It has been involved in a range of issues including the family, immigration, media programs and educational opportunites for girls. By the 1980s it had developed a greater international awareness with the creation of the office of International Secretary. It is affiliated with the Catholic Women's League Australia Inc.

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Location: 16 Criterion St Hobart, Tas. 7000
Additional Information:
The objects of the Catholic Women's League Tasmania Inc. were to:
Promote the spiritual, cultural, intellectual and social interests of Catholic women,
To train and encourage Catholic women to play their proper part in advancing the moral and civic welfare of the community,
To assert and defend Christian principles in relation to marriage, the home and education,
To work for the extension of the Kingdom of Christ in union with our spiritual guides,
To co-operate with other societies in an effort to obtain our objects.

The CWL Tasmania is organised into three branches: the North, West/North-west and the South. It produces a monthly magazine Review.

 
Sources used to compile this entry: Nuss, Anne Rushton, Women of faith and action: history of the Catholic Women's League, Tasmania, 1941 - 1986, Hobart: Southern Holdings, 1986.
 
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  • Nuss, Anne Rushton, Women of faith and action: history of the Catholic Women's League, Tasmania 1941-1986., Southern Holdings, Hobart, Tasmania, 1986, 128 pp. [ Details... ]

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Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.Prepared by: Rosemary Francis
Created: 24 February 2004
Modified: 9 March 2004
Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
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Updated: 19 June 2008
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