Mary Wright papers, 1937-1990

MLMSS 9206

fonds

1937-1990

Textual Records, Clippings

1003238

6 boxes
0.96 metres of textual material (6 boxes)

Mary Wright was a labour activist and feminist with a long history of militantly supporting the rights of Australian women and workers. She was a founding member in the 1920s of the Militant Women's Movement - the central women's department of the Communist Party of Australia.

Reference:
The Australian Women's Register. http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE3981b.htm (accessed November 1, 2013)

Box 1
Documents on women's wage rates and equal pay campaigns, Spanish civil war relief committee, housing problems ca. 1937-1983

Box 2
Union of Australian Women, child endowment, child care, living standards, ca. 1946-1988

Box 3
Personal papers, International Women's Year 1975, International Women's Day ca. 1954-1999

Box 4
Union of Australian Women, Bankstown, 1982-1990; International Women's Day Committee, 1965-1971; various publications on working women

Box 5
Women's issues, Save our sons campaign, Vietnam peace material, various journals relating to women and union issues.


Box 6
Documents concerning Australian Union of Women and International Women's Day: women and unions, UAW national state, unemployment, price control, consumer protection, inflation, the Dismissal ca. 1936-1975