Professor Lyndall Ryan
Head: School of Humanities, Faculty of the Central Coast, University of Newcastle

Abstract

When labour activist Edna Ryan was widowed at the age of 53 in 1958, she became the family breadwinner. She quickly found that while pay and conditions for all workers were negotiated on a triennial basis between unions and management, whereby men had access to a career path and regular pay increases, no such provisions existed for women. Continue reading →