Australia’s first women’s advisor on why she left the country
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Elizabeth's Resignation
Elizabeth 1975 was the first ever UN declared international women's year. But just a few months after that, you resigned from your role. Why? The Labour government was in turmoil at the time. And so it was decided they would move me over to the bureaucracy. It was a silencing trick. I didn't go into the job in order to become a public servant.I just turned around on my heels, left his office and resigned. Went out with mate to dinner and over my dinner we wrote out my resignation. And so that's what I did.
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