Sydney I.W.D. celebration (Tribune, 9 Maret 1960)

Tribune (1960-03-09) - Sydney I.W.D. Celebration Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236734335 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 09 Mar 1960 - SYDNEY I.W.D. CELEBRATION Tribune (Sydney, NSW: 1939 - 1991), Wednesday 9 March 1960, page 12 SYDNEY I.W.D. CELEBRATIONCYDNEY: "The only place in South Africa where women of- all races can.sit together publicly is in the dock of the South Afrtean treason trial.But we Shall not rest till we have won the ricjht of ourselves and our children to freedom and security." This message from South African women was one of many messages from women's organisations in. other countries and in Australia to the International Women's Day Committee. The messages were read at a meeting last night in the Assembly Hall, Margaret Street, in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of IWD. Equal status for women in a peaceful world was the main theme of the meeting. The messages also included those from Chinese and Indonesian women guests who regretted they had been prevented from being present by visa and passport difficulties. The Chinese delegates, however, will be in Australia in time for IWD celebrations in other States. A brief history of the women's movement in NSW, prepared by the Ttt/n rinmmiffaa nvPciHpnt TV/TififtJL TT A- VV«MWVWVV 4/»wv»v»«v) Lucy Woodcock, and read by Miss Nellie Lamport, commemorated "our dark sisters before the white man came and the convict women who came here not of their own free will". It paid tribute to many individual women who over 50 years had struggled for equal status and peace. Friendship need Mrs. Noreen Hewitt, national president of the Union of Australian Women, told of her visit to " China and of the amazing rapidity and thoroughness of the advance of Chinese women. Her plea was for friendship and understanding with peoples of all countries. Marie McClintock made a fine contribution to the evening with her singing. In lighter vein, New Theatre presented two sketches on equal pay and the pensioner-parliamentarian contrast in "wages". The meeting concluded with a tribute to a number of "old timers" in the women's movement who are still very active today. In their name, the oldest veteran present, Mrs. Henrietta Greville, handed on the torch to some young people.