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A history of the establishment of Dunedin Women's Refuge, 1976-1977 Cammock, Fran J.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dunedin, N.Z. University of Otago 1994Description: iii, 70 leaves : ill. ; 30 cmOther title:
  • in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the University of Otago degree of Batchelor of Arts Honours in History
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.8292
Summary: This history thesis focuses on why a women's refuge was established in Dunedin during the 1970s. The thesis has two main intents: To focus upon the issue of domestic violence by documenting its occurrence as a problem; and to acknowledge a number of those (mostly) feminist women in the local Dunedin community who had the time, energy and resources to commit themselves to addressing the issue. The histories of many fledgling feminist movements that have organised themselves collectively (as Dunedin Women's Refuge did) can risk being lost because of a failure to keep systematic records. Oral history has provided an invaluable tool to record the stories of the women involved. The interviewees perspectives were necessarily partisan and it was not possible to interview everyone who had originally been involved. Therefore the thesis is acknowledgedly incomplete and is but one contribution to the many histories of the emergence and development of Dunedin Women's Refuge.--Author's abstract
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Thesis / dissertation Thesis / dissertation Vine library TRVF000201 Available FV19110004
Thesis / dissertation Thesis / dissertation Vine library TRO 362.8292 CAM Missing A00671096B

Typescript (photocopied) "Novmeber 1994." Thesis (B.A. (Hons.) in History)--University of Otago, 1994. Includes bibliography: leaves 67-68.

This history thesis focuses on why a women's refuge was established in Dunedin during the 1970s. The thesis has two main intents: To focus upon the issue of domestic violence by documenting its occurrence as a problem; and to acknowledge a number of those (mostly) feminist women in the local Dunedin community who had the time, energy and resources to commit themselves to addressing the issue. The histories of many fledgling feminist movements that have organised themselves collectively (as Dunedin Women's Refuge did) can risk being lost because of a failure to keep systematic records. Oral history has provided an invaluable tool to record the stories of the women involved. The interviewees perspectives were necessarily partisan and it was not possible to interview everyone who had originally been involved. Therefore the thesis is acknowledgedly incomplete and is but one contribution to the many histories of the emergence and development of Dunedin Women's Refuge.--Author's abstract

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