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Union of Australian Women. Western Australian Branch (1950s - 1973)

From
1950s
To
December 1973
Occupations
Social action organisation

Summary

Following the establishment of the Union of Australian Women in the early 1950s, the Modern Women's Club donated its assets to the Western Australian (WA) Branch of the new organisation. The Modern Women's Club was founded in Perth in 1938 as a forum for free discussion on issues of the day. The WA Branch of the Union of Australian Women folded in December 1973.

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Timeline

 1938 - c. 1950 Modern Women's Club
       1950s - 1973 Union of Australian Women. Western Australian Branch

President

Archival resources

JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

  • [Interview with Madge Cope] [sound recording] / [interviewed by Linda Coleman]., 2000, OH3212 A/r, OH3212 T/r, OH3212 A/m, OH3212 T/m; Cope, Madeleine (Madge) (1904 - 2001); JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details
  • [Interview with Madge Cope] [sound recording] / [interviewed by Stuart Reid], 1988, OH2058 A/r , OH2058 T/r, OH2058 A/m, OH2058 T/m; Cope, Madeleine (Madge) (1904 - 2001); JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details
  • Papers of John and Roma Gilchrist, 1927-1984, 1927 - 1984, ACC 3255A, 3532A, 3801A, 5894A; Gilchrist, Roma Catherine (1909 - 1983); JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details
  • Union of Australian Women. Western Australian Branch, 1938 - 1973, ACC 1838A, 5003A, 5160A; Modern Women's Club (1938 - c. 1950), Union of Australian Women. Western Australian Branch (1950s - 1973); JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

See also

  • 'Fight for the good.', West Australian, Classifieds, 28 January, 2002, p. 29. Details
  • Bosworth, Michal, 'Roma Gilchrist', in Radi, Heather (ed.), 200 Australian women : a Redress anthology, Women's Redress Press Inc, Broadway, N.S.W, [1988], pp. 225-226. Details

Anne Heywood

Created: 1 April 2004, Last modified: 19 January 2009

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