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Product Identifiers

PublisherMelbourne University Publishing

ISBN-100522849199

ISBN-139780522849196

eBay Product ID (ePID)1907606

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Number of Pages216 Pages

Publication NameLoving Protection? : Australian Feminism and Aboriginal Women's Rights 1919-1939

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

SubjectSociology / General, Indigenous Studies, General, Women's Studies, Australia & New Zealand

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

AuthorFiona Paisley

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.1 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews"Paisley's book is a rewarding if intensive read. A confident, closely argued thesis." - The Canberra Times, "Paisley's book is a rewarding if intensive read. A confident, closely argued thesis." -- The Canberra Times

IllustratedYes

SynopsisInvestigation of campaigns run by white female activists in the 1920s and 1930s to bring about reforms in the treatment of Aboriginal Australians. Reveals the little-known involvement of middle-class women's organisations such as the Australian Federation of Women Voters and Western Australian Women's Service Guilds. Highlights central achievements such as the 1934 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Status and Conditions in Western Australia. Includes illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. Author is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research at Australian National University, where she also lectures in women's studies., In the 1920s and 1930s, there was a highly visible network of white women activists who vigorously promoted the rights of Australian Aboriginals. In this little-known campaign--by middle-class women's organisations such as the Australian Federation of Women Voters--Anglo-Australian women, among them Bessie Rischbieth, Edith Jones, Constance Cooke and Mary Bennett, took to the world stage to expose the plight of Aboriginal women. Their campaign made headline news, and Australian state and federal governments were shamed into action. One important outcome was the 1934 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Status and Conditions in Western Australia, at which white women activists presented compelling evidence of the need for reform in Aboriginal policy. These women strongly opposed assimilationist policies of the time such as child removal, institutionalisation and dispersal, promoting in their place assimilation based on universal and specific rights. Loving Protection? breaks new ground, highlighting white women's challenges to federal Aboriginal policy, and their attempt to complement men in the running of modern Australia.