Guide to the Papers of Mary Sexton relating to women's rights, 1975-2009

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 8541 Acc08.133 Acc08.134 Acc08.189 Acc17.140
Creator:
Sexton, Mary
Extent:
2.64 metres and (3 ms boxes + 2 archives boxes + 1 large folio box + 2 medium folio boxes + 1 small folio box + 1 folder)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Mary Sexton relating to women's rights, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

MS 8541 comprises material accumulated by Mary Sexton relating to women's issues and organisations including: banner inscribed "WEL National Agenda for Women", 1986?; two badges inscribed "Women are on the move" produced by the International Year for Women Secretariat, 1975, and badge inscribed "Unions are for women too"; three T-shirts inscribed with "A woman's place is in the Senate", "WEL" and "Call me Ms"; handkerchiefs produced for the 1980 United Nations Mid-decade Conference for Women held in Copenhagen; Pamela Denoon memorial lectures, 1989-2005, and flyers; biographical material on Pamela Denoon, 1988-1995; and, banner containing badges (1 box, 2 fol. boxes).

The Acc08.133 instalment comprises Women's Electoral Lobby ephemera: T-shirt; cloth bag, 1982; and, Women's History Month cloth badge, 1985 (1 packet).

The Acc08.134 instalment comprises Women's History Month ephemera: brochure (2003); commemorative postcards, 2005-2006; flyer (2007); and, poster (undated) (1 fol. box).

The Acc08.189 instalment comprises Women's History Month minutes, promotional material, correspondence, submission to the Office of the Status of Women, material for website and online forum, launch of Women's History Month in Australia (2 boxes).

Acc17.140 comprises records of the early years of the Australian Women's History Forum committee. This addition includes correspondence, promotional material, reports and plans. Papers include permissions to reproduce; correspondence with committee; correspondence with patron; trust fund deed documents; women's history matters; Women's History Month/Australian Women's History Forum origins and developments; communication strategy and action plan; PR report; Set of 17 x A3 posters creating a timeline of Women in Foreign Affairs and Trade Dept; promotional material (2 boxes, 1 fol. box).

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Indexed terms

Subjects:
Women's rights

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1354988).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Mary Sexton relating to women's rights, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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