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by Anne Summers


  and sexism 106–107

  and women 106–108, 239–40

  see also capitalism, feminism, liberation, sexism

  Cleo597, 598, 603

  Clift, Charmian 141, 725

  Clitoris 341–342

  Clothing Trade Union 553

  Cobb, Joan E. 523, 740

  Cobbett, Richard 431

  Coghlan, TA 457, 740, 741

  Coleman, Peter 146

  Colonial Sugar Refinery 570–71

  Colonisation of women 313–18

  and ‘the family’ 393–94

  profits from 393–94

  see also rape, femininity, medical profession

  Come in Spinner573, 578, 751

  Commission of Inquiry into Poverty, Poverty in Australia216, 221, 120–21, 449

  Interim Report: Poverty in Australia108, 112, 232–33, 730

  Commission on Human Relationships 47

  Committee Concerning Causes of Death and Invalidity in the Commonwealth, 1916–17 487–88

  Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration 244, 554, 574

  Commonwealth Employment Service 127–28

  Commonwealth government assistance to single mothers 417

  Congregational Church, Bourke Street, Sydney 542

  Connell, RW 146–47, 587–88, 725, 752

  Conscription and feminism 154, 530–31

  Consumer protection groups 110

  Consumerism and ‘the family’ 293–94

  Consumers

  women as 594–95

  Contagious Diseases Acts 512

  Contraception 63, 487–89

  during the Depression 562–63

  and doctors 361–61, 378

  feminists’ views 514

  reforms by Labor Government 615

  use during Second World War 79

  see also abortion, birth control, birthrate, infanticide, intrauterine device, the pill, sterilisation, vasectomy

  Contraceptive methods

  and female orgasm 547

  Contraceptives

  sale of 460

  Convicts 399–25

  see also female convicts

  Convict, Lunatic and Invalid Establishment, Parramatta 424

  Convicts and the Colonies399

  Conway, Ronald 118, 151, 248, 611, 723, 725, 753

  Coonardoo123

  Cosmopolitan598, 603

  Council for the Single Mother and Her Child 614

  Country Party 630

  Country Women’s Association (CWA) 539, 749

  Crimes Act565, 615

  Crimes by women 269–70

  see also baby battering, shoplifting Crowley, FK 443, 740

  Cullen, Mr, Justice 555

  Cultural images of women 253–55

  Cultural oppression and liberation 624–25

  Curtin, Prime Minister, John 573, 580

  Cusack, Dymphna 138, 751

  Cuthbert, Grace J. 527

  Dalla Costa, Mariarosa 240, 732

  Damned Whore stereotype 103, 133, 259–61, 380–81, 399–25, 432, 455

  see also female convicts, female immigrants, lesbians, prisons, prostitution

  Darling, Governor, Ralph 405–406, 419, 737, 738

  Darlinghurst Hostel for working girls 513

  Darwin, Charles 479

  Date rape 4

  see also rape

  Davis, Elizabeth Gould 374, 391, 736

  Dawn494, 743

  Dawn Club 494, 509

  Dawson, Madge 598, 753

  De Chair, Lady 543

  The Decline of the Birth-Rate in New SouthWales457, 741

  Democratic Labour Party 591–92

  Denford, Susanah 418

  Depression among women 183–200

  postpartum depression 197, 347

  see also baby battering, drugs and drug-taking, the family, menopause, premenstrual tension, psychiatric patients, shoplifting, suicide

  The Depression

  effect on marriage 562

  myths of 549–52

  sacking of female teachers 557–58

  and sex roles 554–56, 560–61,567

  special problems of women 562–63

  unemployment of women 557–61

  withdrawal of women’s social services 559

  see also Muriel Heagney, Unemployed Girls’ Relief Movement

  Destroy the Joint 15

  Divorce 308–11

  and children 309

  unequal grounds 504

  in 1920s 548–49

  see also marriage, the family

  Docker, John 129, 724

  Dolly597, 598, 601–602

  Domestic Economy courses 481

  Domestic servants 451, 486, 522, 558

  Domestic service 552–53

  Domestic violence 4, 714

  Don’s Party131–33

  Drake-Brockman, Henrietta 123

  Drake-Brockman, Judge 553

  ‘The Drover’s Wife’ 124, 453

  Drugs and drug-taking

  analgesics 201

  barbiturates 202–204, 212

  codeine 202

  drug-taking by women 201–12

  see also ‘Mother’s Friend’, Senate Select

  Committee on Drug Trafficking and Abuse, Thalidomide, Tryptanol, Valium

  Dugdale, Henrietta 494–95

  Early Closing Act 1899 499

  Economic dependence of women 223–26, 238–39

  Education

  equal education for girls 70, 465–66

  and motherhood 473–79

  opposition to girls’ education 477

  see also medical profession, motherhood, universities

  Education Acts 469

  Eggleston, FW 146

  Eliot, George 127

  Ellis, Havelock 479, 743

  Elsie Women’s Refuge 4, 18, 112, 223–25, 731

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo 506

  Emigration and Transportation RelativelyConsidered1, 426

  Employment

  changing nature of workforce 609

  married women 241–42, 486, 590–91, 609–10

  part-time employment 242

  sweating of women workers 451

  women as reserve labour force 608–609, 632

  women in workforce 2, 3, 8, 9, 162–63, 522, 539–40, 551–52

  see also childcare, domestic servants, equal pay, maternity leave, nursemaids, shop assistants, unemployment, unions, wages, women’s unions

  Employment of women

  opposition to 537–538

  Encel, Sol 98, 146, 728, 748, 751, 754

  Engels, Frederich 278, 374, 447, 733

  Equality and liberation 630–35

  Equal pay 244, 552–53, 631

  and female basic wage 552–53

  Higgin’s judgement 1912 485–86

  opposition to 360–61

  opposition by employers 540–41

  and unions 553

  and Women’s Employment Board 574

  see also basic wage, Muriel Heagney, National Wage Case 1974, RuralWorkers’ Case 1912, Unions

  L’Etranger137

  Eugenics 358, 541–42

  Everywoman314, 735

  Evolution of the Diseases of Women477

  Factory Girls Club 500

  The Family 47, 116, 193, 274–75, 275–282

  and basic wage 485–86

  and capitalism 311

  changes in size 464

  consolidation during 1920s 540–49

  and emotional sustenance 287

  establishment in Australia 447–50

  extra-family living situations 101–102

  and feminism 518–20

  functions 271–273

  history of 273–283

  and immigration 431–32

  immigration schemes 434–35

  involvement of women 116–17

  and labour movement 523–24

  and privatisation 295–298

  and production 284–290

  relation
to the state 459

  and reproduction 290–92

  and self-realisation 295–97

  subordination of women 281

  use by sociologists 100

  working-class families, 1850s 446–47

  see also divorce, housework, incest, marriage, matriduxy, repression of sexuality, socialisation

  Equal pay anthem 14

  Family allowances 48

  Family Colonization Loan Society 442

  Family Endowment Act 1927545

  Family Law Bill 593

  Family Planning Association of New South Wales 358, 749

  family planning clinics 616

  Farmers’ Department Store, Sydney 547

  Farrelly, Midget 180

  Father’s Day 294

  Federated Clerks’ Union 165

  The Feet of Daniel Mannix134

  Female consciousness 110, 635–36

  Female convicts 399–425

  see also convicts, Female Factory, Flash Mob, solitary confinement

  Female culture 97, 374–79

  see also femininity, housework, midwives, witches

  Female Employees Union (FEU) 452

  Female Factory 407, 408, 416–25

  Cascades 417–422, 738

  Parramatta 407, 416–25

  see also Ms Gordon, marriage mart Female immigration 412–13, 438–39, 444–46

  see also Caroline Chisholm, immigration, John Dunmore Lang

  Female Immigrants’ Home 438–39, 560

  Female Middle-Class Emigration Society 445

  The Feminine Mystique42

  Feminism

  achievements 523–24

  definition 110–11

  and ‘the family’ 518–20

  and free love 513–14

  and God’s Police 507–10

  and labour movement 522–23

  middle-class composition 498–99

  and pacifism 529–34

  and party politics 515–16

  and revolution 635–36

  and sex stereotypes 382–85

  and sexism 520–21

  and socialism 497

  and women’s education 472

  and women’s suffrage 493–98, 502–503, 505–10

  see also the family, female consciousness, feminist movement, women’s liberation movement, First World War

  Feminist movement 4–5, 282–83, 520, 636–38

  see also suffrage, Women’s Electoral Lobby, women’s liberation movement, First World War

  Femininity 367–74

  and women’s magazines 368–69

  Femocrat 35

  Fett, Ione 377, 376

  Figes, Eva 255, 259, 723, 733

  Fink Commission 477

  Finland, women’s suffrage 491

  First Fleet 1, 103, 399–402

  First World War 458

  effect on women 527–29

  and feminism 529–34

  and motherhood 535–36

  sexism of war effort 534–38

  see also conscription, feminism, Vida Goldstein, Cecilia John, Adela Pankhurst

  Fitzgerald, Scott, F. 142

  Fitzpatrick, Kathleen 102, 723, 737

  Flash Mob 421–22

  Football 166–71

  For Love Alone137, 724

  The Fortunes of Richard Mahony123, 128–29

  The Fountain of Age62

  Foveaux137

  Franklin, Lady Jane 419–20, 738

  Franklin, Sir John 421, 737

  Franklin, Miles 123, 138

  Fraser, Malcolm 48

  Freud, Sigmund 191, 300, 359, 734

  Friedan, Betty 589, 752

  Frilingos, Peter 170

  From a Woman’s Point of View582

  Fry, Elizabeth 420

  Furphy, Joseph 122

  Gambling 160–67

  women as gamblers 164–65

  see also horseracing, TAB, Tattersalls’ Club

  Gender 4

  The Getting of Wisdom128

  Gillard, Julia 10

  Gilmore, Mary 99, 123–26, 724

  Gipps, Governor, George 439, 560

  The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir inParis131

  Girls’ Employment and Welfare Movement 559

  Glass ceiling 4

  God’s Police stereotype 103–104, 380, 453, 455, 507–10, 531–32, 590–603, 635–36

  see also Caroline Chisholm, feminism, policewomen, suffrage

  Gold in the Streets567, 751

  Goldstein, Vida 495, 513–24, 530–32, 743, 746, 747

  Gollan, Robin 550, 744, 750

  Goode, Dr, John 418

  Goodisson, Lillie E. 563, 565, 751

  Gordon, Florence 539–540, 747, 748

  Gordon, Ms 418

  Graham, Caroline 313–14, 364, 736, 754

  The Great Australian Stupor248, 723

  Greer, Germaine 45, 62, 322, 328–29, 723, 734

  Griffin, Susan 313, 736

  Guardianship of Infants Acts 482, 504, 746

  Guerin, Bella 471

  Gunsynd 166

  Haire, Dr Norman 564, 579, 751

  Haley, Eileen 115

  Half Way to Equal57

  Hancock, WK 145–149, 151–55

  Hanford, Bruce 143–44

  Harris, Max 145, 146, 171, 725

  Harrower, Elizabeth 139–40, 723, 724, 725

  Hartz, Louis 430–31, 739

  Harvester Judgement 238, 484, 744

  Harwood, Gwen 141, 725

  Hawke, Bob 33, 34, 36

  Headley, Walter Balls

  see Balls-Headley, Walter

  Heagney, Muriel 526, 553–54, 558–59, 566–67, 750

  Health centres, women’s 638

  Health, New South Wales Department of 234

  Heath, DD 414

  Heldman, Julie 172

  Henderson, Ms, GC 558

  Henderson, Ronald 216, 221, 730

  Henderson poverty survey 220–21, 226, 730

  Hewett, Dorothy 134–35, 724

  Hibberd, Jack 134

  Hicks, Dr Neville 459, 741

  Hicks, Shannon 138–139

  Higgins, Mr, Justice 238, 484–85

  ‘The Higher Culture of Women’ 468

  History of Australia453, 737

  Holly Jones, Suzanne 143, 725

  Home Child Care Allowance 49

  Homemakers 538

  Homosexual liberation 626

  Hope, AD 129

  Horin, Adele 33

  Horne, Donald 116, 146, 149, 151, 161, 175, 183, 725, 726

  Horseracing 162–64

  Housewives

  boredom 590

  contraction of role 605–608

  dissatisfaction 584–85

  as ‘neurotic’ 619–20

  and productive labour 240

  skills required 173–174, 606

  see also homemakers, housework

  Housewives’ Associations 110, 538

  Housewives’ Progressive Association of New South Wales 570

  Housework 284–90

  Housing

  in colonial period 447

  Hughes, Wilfred Kent

  see Kent Hughes, Wilfred

  Human Rights Bill 593

  Ibsen, Henrik 132, 138, 505

  Immigrants and immigration 415–16, 424, 428–32, 437, 443–49

  Immigration

  see also Caroline Chisholm, female immigrants, John Dunmore Lang

  Incest 302–303

  Industrial Revolution 278–280, 481

  Infant mortality 417–18

  Infanticide 462, 566

  see also ‘Mother’s Friend’, stillbirths

  Intercolonial Trade Union Congresses 451

  International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 593

  Intrauterine device (IUD) 355–36, 359

  John, Cecilia 529–30

  Johnston, George 137, 141–42

  Johnston, Jill 522, 748

  Jones, Derek Llewellyn

  s
ee Llewellyn-Jones, Derek

  Jones, Suzanne Holly

  see Holly Jones, Suzanne

  Jung, CG 118–19

  Keating, Paul 24, 36–7, 46, 49, 50

  Kelly, Ned 122

  Kenney, Annie 520

  Kent Hughes, Wilfred 559

  Key, Ellen 479–80, 483, 743

  Kiddle, Margaret 98, 739

  Kindergarten Union 480, 482

  Labor Government

  and contraception 616

  and working women 591–92

  Labour and National Service, Department of 241, 243, 732

  Lady Juliana1, 399

  Lady Shore402

  Lane, William 451

  Lang, John Dunmore 434–35, 441–42, 448, 740

  Lang, Premier, JT 560, 568, 751

  The Lavarch Report73

  Lawler, Ray 131–32

  Lawrence, Emily 139

  Lawson, Henry 122, 124–25, 142, 453

  Lawson, Louisa 139, 494, 496, 513, 743, 45–746

  League of Rights

  see Australian League of Rights

  League of Women Voters 630

  Lee, Mr Justice 332

  Legacy Club, Sydney 543

  Legal discrimination against women 627–28

  Lesbians 265–67, 521–22, 611

  Lesbian mothers 611–12

  Liberal Party 481, 630

  of Victoria 495

  Liberation 627–32

  and cultural oppression 623–27

  Lippmann, Lorna 151, 726

  Liquor Amendment Act 1905488

  The Living Daylights157–58

  Llewellyn-Jones, Derek 314, 343, 735

  Local option polls 488, 502

  The Long Prospect116, 139, 723

  Look Back in Anger132

  Loreto Convent, Victoria 481

  The Lucky Country183, 723, 725, 726, 727

  Macarthur, James 421, 738

  Macarthur, John 450

  MacDonald, Louisa 472

  MacKenzie, Norman 98, 427, 485, 578, 744

  Macnab, Dr Francis 582, 619–20

  Macquarie, Governor, Lachlan 404–405, 411, 415–16, 429, 737

  Maguire, Emily 10

  McCarthy, Peter 562

  McGregor, Craig 116, 146, 159, 723, 728

  McMillan, Robert 539

  McQueen, Humphrey 151, 412, 428–29, 447, 724, 725

  McQueen, Thomas 405

  McKay, HV Pty Ltd 553–55

  Macquarie University 203–204, 334

  Madden, Dr John 467

  Mahony, Mary 128

  Mahony, Richard 128

  Male chauvinism 45

  Mann, Tom 518, 748

  Manning, Sir William 467

  Manpower

  Director-General of 577

  Regulations 577

  Marriage 249–254

  in convict period 404

  and the Depression 562–63

  and female convicts 404–405

  and female immigrants 445–46

  in the 1920s 540

  romantic myths 251–52

  see also divorce, and the family

  Marriage Act 1873, New South Wales332

  Marriage mart 418

  see also Female Factory

  The Marriage Wilderness582, 619, 754

 

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