- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4128
Williams, Katherine Mary Isabel
- Birth name Chambers, Katherine
Former married name Clarey, Katherine
- Born 23 April, 1895, Lara Victoria Australia
- Died 17 April, 1975, Oakleigh Victoria Australia
- Occupation Labour movement activist, Trade unionist
Summary
Kath Williams was a staunch trade unionist and labour activist who was an important figure in the equal pay for women campaign in Victoria during the 1950s and 1960s. She was one of several Australian Labor Party members who were excluded in the mid 1930s for advocating publicly, against party policy, that sanctions be imposed against Italy, after its invasion of Abyssinia. She was an observer at the first World Conference of Working Women, held in Budapest in 1956, where she presented a paper on the campaign in Australia.
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Resource Section
- Williams, Katherine Mary Isabel (1895-1975), D'Aprano, Zelda, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160657b.htm
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Resource
- Trove: Williams, Katherine Mary Isabel (1895-1975), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-762068