National History Competition

Well done to Allegra S-P of 11T1 for winning a Silver Medal in the National History Competition. Her essay titled 'Comrades of Feminism' explored the intersection of the Australian Socialist Movement with the Women's Liberation Movement in the 1970’s. 

Her is a excerpt from her award-winning essay:

To conclude, the women's movement of the 1970s and the re-emergence of socialist movements in Australia created a cosmos of radical left-wing movements. The interrelationship of gender and class oppression, which grew out from the 1970s, enabled the increasing involvement of Marxist ideology in the women's liberation movement and in the Second Wave Feminist movement. It is important not to forget the work these two groups achieved throughout this tumultuous decade fighting for both individual and societal causes inspiring policy on women's rights and workers' rights such as equal pay, policy that directly impacts peoples of today throughout Australia's workforce. Together, their historically significant convergence shaped what is now an intersectional movement, working together to fight against a shared oppression and for the shared benefits of equality.

Well done, Allegra. 

David Browning