“She Wouldn’t Leave Well Enough Alone”

This work is inspired by the generations of female activists in the ANU community. All the faces are based on images of activists from the ANU archives.

Based on archival images (below) from the ANU Open Research Repository and the Women’s Electoral Lobby history project.

Top row, left to right: 1. Penelope Hope, left, past President of the ANU Club for women and Helen Crompton, right, then president, blow out the candles on the club’s 21st Birthday cake, 1983. 2. Bluestocking Day rally in Union Court, part of national celebrations held to draw attention to the needs of women studying at Australian universities and colleges, 1982. 3. Meeting of the campaign to establish a Women’s Studies program at ANU, 1974.

Bottom row, left to right: 4. Women’s Electoral Lobby 1992 National Conference: Betty Little. 5. Women’s Electoral Lobby members celebrating the passage of abortion law reform legislation in Western Australia, 1998. 6.  Women’s Electoral Lobby 1992 National Conference, 1992.

This work is inspired by the generations of female activists in the ANU community. All the faces are based on images of activists from the ANU archives.

Based on archival images (below) from the ANU Open Research Repository and the Women’s Electoral Lobby history project.

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