Susan Hopgood interviewed by Rosemary Francis in the Women and leadership in a century of Australian democracy oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5747244
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hopgood, Susan, 1952-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 2 sound files (ca. 185 min.)
- Series:
- Women and leadership in a century of Australian democracy oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Susan Hopgood speaks about family history; childhood and schooling in Cohuna, Victoria; family relationships and expectations; her degree at Monash University and its effect on her political beliefs; feminist influences; her teaching career and the discrimination against women in the profession; her involvement with the Victorian Secondary Teachers Association (VSTA); campaigning to change superannuation entitlements for women; union leadership roles; feminism; the importance of collective action; working full-time with VSTA as the Women's Officer; combining work with raising children; working as the Women's Officer for the federal Australian Education Union (AEU); changes to the AEU; how the position of women has advanced and what still requires improvement; being the first woman elected federal Secretary of the AEU in 2005; working with unions across developed and developing countries as President of Education International; mentors; the personal impacts and rewards of leadership roles; gender differences in leadership; mobilising people around issues; her motivations and challenges.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 13 and 22 September 2011 in Melbourne, Vic.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 pages) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 91 leaves).
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Teachers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Francis, Rosemary, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Women and leadership in a century of Australian democracy oral history project.
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- 2011
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