- Entry type: Organisation
- Entry ID: AWE6512
Women’s Electoral Lobby New South Wales
(From 1972 – )- Occupation Feminist organisation, Lobby group
Summary
Beatrice Faust, the founder of the Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) in Victoria, went to Sydney to set up WEL in New South Wales in 1972. Beatrice addressed a meeting at the house of Julia Freebury and, after deliberation, Caroline Graham, June Surtees and Wendy McCarthy agreed to become co-conveners of the Sydney branch and thus, the founding conveners of WEL in NSW.
The first public meeting of the WEL in NSW was held on 17 June 1972 and 40 women attended.