The first march for International Women’s Day took place in New York in 1911. Australia’s first march occurred in 1928 but women had been demanding change a long time and across the world before then. Presented by the History Council of NSW and Macquarie University, this symposium will celebrate the many different activists and forms of activism that led to dramatic changes in Australian women’s lives over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Panellists include Jill Roe, Marian Sawer, Diane Kirkby, Carole Adams, Barbara Caine, Ann Curthoys and Lyndall Ryan.
When: Tuesday 8 March 2011, 1.30pm – 5.30pm
Where: Dixon Room, State Library of NSW
Cost: Free
RSVP: Friday 4 March 2011 on 02 9252 8715 or admin@historycouncilnsw.org.au
