In 1972 the Women's Electoral Lobby changed the political agenda forever. Australian political parties began producing women's policies, equal employment acts were passed, women's policy units were set up in government and women's services were funded. It became legal to advertise contraceptives and women became entitled to the minimum wage. This ambitious history explores the effect of WEL both on politics and on the lives of women who discovered the power of sisterhood.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Marian Sawer
EAN: 9780868409436
COUNTRY: Australia
PAGES: 336
WEIGHT: 655 g
HEIGHT: 240 mm
PUBLISHED BY: NewSouth Publishing
DATE PUBLISHED: 2008-09-01
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GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
WIDTH: 172 mm
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Book Themes:
Australia, Gender studies: women and girls, Elections and referenda / suffrage