Feminism in Flux : Indigenous Rights Activism and the Evolution of Feminism in New South Wales, 1930-1960
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Thesis, HonoursAuthor/s
Hall, LaraAbstract
From the 1930s in Australia, white female voices of protest regarding Indigenous affairs were prominent. While undoubtedly emerging from philanthropic concerns, this thesis argues that more can be elicited from white women’s interest in Indigenous affairs. My focus is feminist ...
See moreFrom the 1930s in Australia, white female voices of protest regarding Indigenous affairs were prominent. While undoubtedly emerging from philanthropic concerns, this thesis argues that more can be elicited from white women’s interest in Indigenous affairs. My focus is feminist organisations in Sydney between 1930 and 1960 where Indigenous affairs were continually a part of a ‘progressive’ feminist agenda which in the period shifted to the left of the political spectrum. A feminist interest in Indigenous rights is used to illustrate the radicalisation of feminism from the conservatism of the 1930s to the antecedents of the politics of female liberation in the 1950s.
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See moreFrom the 1930s in Australia, white female voices of protest regarding Indigenous affairs were prominent. While undoubtedly emerging from philanthropic concerns, this thesis argues that more can be elicited from white women’s interest in Indigenous affairs. My focus is feminist organisations in Sydney between 1930 and 1960 where Indigenous affairs were continually a part of a ‘progressive’ feminist agenda which in the period shifted to the left of the political spectrum. A feminist interest in Indigenous rights is used to illustrate the radicalisation of feminism from the conservatism of the 1930s to the antecedents of the politics of female liberation in the 1950s.
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2008-01-22Licence
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Australia History Australia History 20th Century Australia History 1922 1945 Australia History 1929 1939 Australia Feminism Australia Feminism Case Studies Australia Feminism History Australia Feminism History 20th CenturyWomen, Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Australians Aboriginal Australians Australia Aboriginal Australians Australia New South Wales Social Conditions 20th Century Aboriginal Australians Australia Southeastern History Aboriginal Australians Civil Rights Australia Aboriginal Australians Civil Rights History Aboriginal Australians Claims Aboriginal Australians Claims Aboriginal Australians History Aboriginal Australians History 20th Century aboriginal australians women
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