Cranley, Alison Hilma Barbara

Hilma Cranley was an active member of the Victorian Teachers' Union throughout her teaching career, attaining the position of female vice-president in 1961. A leading personality in the struggle for equal pay and equal opportunity for women teachers in Victoria, she became the first woman chairman of the Council of Adult Education. In recognition of her services to education she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire on 1 January 1970.

See also

• Towns, Deborah, 'Equal opportunity for women teachers; women in the Victorian Teaching Service, 1950-1981.', in M. Bevege, M. James and C. Shute (eds), Worth her salt: women at work in Australia, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, New South Wales, 1982, pp. 330-342. [ Details... ]