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Cranley, Alison Hilma Barbara

MBE

Born
Australia
Occupation
Educator

Summary

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.

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  • Bevege, Margaret, Margaret James, Carmel Shute (ed.), Worth her Salt: Women at Work in Australia, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1982, 453 pp. p. 333. Details
  • 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

Rosemary Francis

Created: 20 November 2002, Last modified: 1 May 2009

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