Wollongong Women’s Information Centre: The Early Days

I. Arrowsmith

Abstract

I thought I’d start off talking about the political context. In l972 the Whitlam Government was elected and immediately brought in sweeping and progressive reforms. The reforms included many benefits for women. Many women took advantage of the Whitlam Government’s free tertiary education policy to enrol at University where in the past they would not have had the opportunity. University Courses changed to an extent. There were courses which had been unheard of before, such as women’s studies, etc.

Citation

Arrowsmith, I. (1999) "Wollongong Women’s Information Centre: The Early Days," Illawarra Unity - Journal of the Illawarra Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History: Vol. 2: Iss. 5, Article 3.
Available at: http://ro.uow.edu.au/unity/vol2/iss5/3