• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE0810

Union of Australian Women. Western Australian Branch

(From 1950 – 1973)
  • Occupation Social action organisation

Summary

Following the establishment of the Union of Australian Women in the early 1950s, the Modern Women’s Club donated its assets to the Western Australian (WA) Branch of the new organisation. The Modern Women’s Club was founded in Perth in 1938 as a forum for free discussion on issues of the day. The WA Branch of the Union of Australian Women folded in December 1973.

Archival resources

  • State Library of Western Australia
    • Records, 1938-1973 [manuscript]
    • [Interview with Madge Cope] [sound recording] / [interviewed by Linda Coleman].
    • [Interview with Madge Cope] [sound recording] / [interviewed by Stuart Reid]
    • Papers of John and Roma Gilchrist, 1927-1984 [manuscript]

Published resources

Related entries


  • Member
    • Williams, Joan (1916 - 2008)
    • Greenwood, Irene Adelaide (1898 - 1992)
    • Cope, Madeleine (Madge) (1904 - 2001)
    • Gilchrist, Roma Catherine (1909 - 1983)
  • Related Organisations
    • Western Australian Council for Equal Pay and Opportunity (1958 - 1973)
  • Previous
    • Modern Women's Club (1938 - 1950)
  • President
    • Gilchrist, Roma Catherine (1909 - 1983)

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