Women
UMA holds many collections that document women's activities across a broad range of endeavours. Many of these collections are the personal papers of female academics and women who have made their mark in community and other organisations. Amongst the most notable of these are the papers of:
- Vivienne Abraham
- Flora Marjorie (Marnie) Bassett
- Dame Margaret Blackwood
- Zelda D'Aprano
- Enid Derham
- Frances Derham
- Rosemary Derham
- Gwynneth Dow
- Sophie Charlotte Ducker
- Diana Dyason
- Kathleen Fitzpatrick
- Eileen Ruth Hoban
- Ursula Hoff
- Shirley Horne
- Alice Hoy
- Margaret Kiddle
- Margaret Manion
- Betty Marginson
- Edith Harrison Moore
- Alma Morton
- Dame Ada Norris
- Una Beatrice Porter
- Vera Scantlebury Brown
- Lynne Strahan
- Teresa Wardell
- The Victorian Women's Liberation and Lesbian Feminist Archive (VWLLFA) is an umbrella collection that contains the records of 120 separate
individuals and organisations associated with women's liberation,
feminist-based activism and the lesbian movement spanning the years
1950-1996.
- Read an article on the VWLLFA from the UMA Bulletin.
- A description of each of the VWLLFA collections
- Working Women's Centre 1975-83
- Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) 1968-2000
- Australian Federation of University Women (formerly Victorian Women Graduates' Association) 1920-85
- Young Women's Christian Association 1895-1984
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union 1887 - 2000
- Sisters Publishing and Book Club 1979-84
- Sugar and Snails Press Co-Operative Ltd 1974-91
- Lilith Collective 1984-97
In addition, there are the records of many trade unions that cover industries that have had a high percentage of women in their workforce such as:
- Australian Boot Trade Employees Federation, Victorian Branch 1902-78
- Australian Hairdressers, Wigmakers And Hairdressers' Employees' Union, Victorian Branch 1908-74
- Australian Postal And Telecommunications Union, Federal Office 1956-84
- Australian Textile Workers' Union, Victoria Provincial Division 1920-76
- Australian Textile Workers' Union, Victorian Branch 1927-78
- Clothing And Allied Trades Union Of Australia, Victorian Branch 1912-80
- Federated Felt Hatters And Allied Trades Union, NSW Branch 1912-81
- Federated Felt Hatters' Employees' Union, Victorian Branch 1886-1950
- Female Confectioners' Union 1916-45
See also the guide to Nursing.