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Edna Ryan – A Political Life

A documentary featuring legendary political activist and unionist Edna Ryan.

Film Topics:

PoliticsWomen

Film Tags:

1972 Whitlam election1974 National Wage CaseActivismAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyAustralian Labor PartyCommunismCommunist PartyConscriptionDepressionsEdna RyanEducationEqual pay for womenFamilyFeminist movementFood insecurityGreat Strike of 1917Housing insecurityPoliticsPovertyRussian RevolutionSocial justiceSocialismStrikesSydneyUnemploymentUnionsWagesWomenWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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For Love or Money

A documentary feature that charts the history of Australian women in the workplace and their struggles.

Film Topics:

Textiles and ClothingWomen

Film Tags:

1918 Minimum wage for women1934 Wonthaggi strike1972 Whitlam electionAboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAustraliaAutomationClothing industryConvictsDepressionsDomestic servantsEducationEqual pay for womenFamilyFeminist movementGreat Strike of 1917Indentured labourIndigenousIndigenous discriminationManufacturingNursingPoliticsPovertySocial justiceStrikesTailoresses unionTextiles and ClothingUnemploymentUnionsVietnam WarWhitlam Labor GovernmentWollongong steelworks - womenWomenWomen driving tramsWomen's AuxiliaryWomen's Militant GroupWomen's workplace rightsWonthaggiWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace reformWorkplace relationsWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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