• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE6341

Boyd, Phyllis Emma

(1926 – 2001)
  • Born 6 March 1926
  • Died 12 October 2001, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
  • Occupation Feminist, Women's advocate

Summary

Phyllis Boyd held strong views on the role of women as homemakers and was an advocate of motherhood. Phyllis was the Victorian president of the Australian Family Association and a member of its national executive, and later she became a founding member of the Family Council of Victoria.

Archival resources

  • National Library of Australia, Manuscript Collection
    • Papers of Guy and Phyllis Boyd, 1890-2001 [manuscript]
    • Papers of Dorothy Green, 1943-1990 [manuscript]
    • Papers of Brenda Niall, 1911-1991 [manuscript]
  • National Library of Australia
    • [Biographical cuttings on Phyllis Boyd, feminist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]

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