Australian Biography Series - Freda Brown (1-Year Access)

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By the age of 17, Freda Brown had survived the Depression, joined the Communist Party, and become an important figure in the New Theatre. After World War Two, she joined the New Housewives Association, eventually becoming president of what would ultimately be the Union of Australian Women. She lobbied the United Nations to declare 1975 as International Women’s Year. Her part in this project led to her election as Vice-President, then President, of the Women’s International Democratic Federation, a group which represented 123 countries at UN conferences around the world.

(1996, 27 mins) A Film Australia National Interest Program.

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