Winning for Women : A Personal Story.
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- 9781925835175
- 305.42092
- HQ1823 .M384 2019
Front Cover -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- About this Book -- Copyright and Imprint Information -- Contents -- Epigraph -- About the Author -- Also by Iola Mathews -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: The New Frontier -- Chapter 1: Childhood to early work life -- Chapter 2: Marriage -- Chapter 3: Motherhood -- Chapter 4: Back to work -- Chapter 5: Looking for work -- Image Block -- Part Two: Winning for Women -- Chapter 6: Early days at the ACTU -- Chapter 7: Implementing the program -- Chapter 8: Equal pay for nurses and outworkers -- Chapter 9: Equal pay and superannuation -- Chapter 10: Parental leave -- Chapter 11: Test cases and enterprise bargaining -- Chapter 12: Women and work today -- Chapter 13: Gender equality at work and in the home -- Notes -- Index.
What was it like to be involved in the heady days of 'secondwave' feminism in Australia, when the role of women at home and at work changeddecisively? Iola Mathews was one of the founders of the Women's ElectoralLobby, a journalist at The Age,.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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