"Explain how and why the women's movement brought about changes for women in Australia in the period from 1945 to the 1980's."

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The Women's Movement brought about many changes for women in the period from 1945 to the 1980s. Women used many methods like writing books, distributing pamphlets, protesting and striking, which will be discussed in this essay, to make a point to the government. Women in Australia wanted changes made to certain things such as equal pay for equal work, they wanted to change society's view of the typical women, and they generally wanted their rights changed …

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…fighting for many changes in the workforce, society's view of women, and many other things, the Women's Liberation Movement made significant changes to women's rights and roles in Australia in the period from 1945 to the 1980's. Women should always fight for what they believe or feel is right, and, in the words of feminist Susan Alice Watkins; If women never let themselves go, how will they ever know how far they may have got? (Watkins, 1992:63)