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On this page: 'TAKING TIME'
Yvonne Smith http://home.vicnet.net.au/~wmnstime

Yvonne Smith

During the eighties when I was working with Betty Olle in the UAW office I felt the UAW needed a project which would help to finance the organisation and meet some of the needs of the women's movement. We needed a computer and modern aids if we were to keep up with the changing world.

It seemed that we were getting a lot of telephone calls from young women wanting information, historical details, school project work, when and how things happened etc. One day I had an urgent call from a solicitor who was in court. He wanted to know the date of the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Another time someone wanted to know about the Menhennit ruling on abortion.

There was definitely a need for this type of information to be at our fingertips – a women's historical data kit. I set about getting funding and compiling it.

The result, minus an index and some of Eve's material – because we were over budget and pages – is TAKING TIME, Women's Historical Data Kit, Compiled and Edited by Yvonne Smith, Published by UAW. Available from UAW Victoria, 2/247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Vic 3000, $15.00 including postage in Australia.

Yvonne Smith http://home.vicnet.net.au/~wmnstime