Conlon, Anne (1939-1979)

Also known as
Conlon, Patricia Anne (1939-1979)
Field of activity
Teacher and Author; feminist; labour historian; public servant; schoolteacher; women's activist
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http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35713198
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-559367

Biographies

CONLON, PATRICIA ANNE (1939-1979), feminist, labour movement activist and public servant, was born on 2 November 1939 at Neutral Bay, Sydney, eldest of five children of Sydney-born parents John Hoare Carden, woolclasser, and his wife Patricia Anne, née de Coque. Young Anne was educated at St Joseph's Convent School, Neutral Bay, Monte Sant' Angelo College, North Sydney (dux 1956), and—on a teacher's scholarship—at the University of Sydney (BA, 1961; MA, 1973) where she became senior student at Sancta Sophia College. Renowned for her soprano voice, she competed in the City of Sydney Eisteddfod, and performed in choral and musical productions at school and university.

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Anne Conlon was an outstanding activist and scholar whose career was cut short by her untimely death. She was an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Mosman by election in 1972.

Anne Conlon was the daughter of John and Patricia Carden. She was educated at St. Joseph's Convent Neutral Bay, and Monte Sant'Angelo College North Sydney where she was dux in 1956. She won a Teachers' College Scholarship to the University of Sydney, living at Sancta Sophia College. She graduated BA in 1961 and MA 1973. She taught at public high schools from 1961 until 1968, but spent 1964-65 on a postgraduate scholarship at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

In 1967 she married Telford Conlon, with whom she had two children. In 1968 she became research assistant to Professor John M Ward, at the University of Sydney. She was a founding member of the NSW Women's Electoral Lobby, and in 1973 was a convenor for its first national conference in Canberra. For WEL, she wrote a submission to the Henderson Commission into Poverty, and with Edna Ryan, to the National Wage Case of 1974. This was later expanded into Gentle Invaders: Australian Women at Work, published in 1975. She was one of the few women in WEL who belonged to the ALP, and was an active member of the Mosman branch. She contested the 1972 Mosman by election as a Labor candidate.

In 1976 she was appointed a lecturer at the Trade Union Training Authority, and in 1977 she became a founding member of the NSW Women's Advisory Council. From 1978, she worked as a public servant on women's issues, including amendments to the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act of 1977. The NSW Women's Advisory Council holds an annual lecture in memory of Anne Conlon.

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Resources for Anne Conlon

Selected resources (3)

Australian Dictionary of Biography

  1. 'Conlon, Patricia Anne (1939 - 1979)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, pp 480-481.
    Elizabeth Windschuttle
    [1993]
    Published: Melbourne University Press

Australian Women's Register

  1. Conlon, Patricia Anne (1939 - 1979)Australian Dictionary of Biography Online : Conlon, Patricia Anne (1939 - 1979)
    Windschuttle, Elizabeth
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
    Series: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130530b.htm
  2. Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2006]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html

Resources by Anne Conlon (6)

  1. Proceedings of the Anne Conlon Memorial Lecture, 29th July, 1982, Sydney / The New South Wales Women's Advisory Council
    O'Shane, Patricia, 1941-
    [ Book : 1983 ]
    At 8 libraries
    Proceedings of the Anne Conlon Memorial Lecture, 29th July, 1982, Sydney / The New South Wales Women's Advisory Council
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  2. Gentle invaders : Australian women at work 1788-1974 / [by] Edna Ryan and Anne Conlon
    Ryan, Edna, 1904-1997
    [ Book : 1975 ]
    At 64 libraries
    Gentle invaders : Australian women at work 1788-1974 / [by] Edna Ryan and Anne Conlon
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  3. Anne Conlon memorial lecture : 24th November 1980,Sydney : proceedings / [sponsored by] New South Wales Women's Advisory Council
    Ryan, Edna, 1904-
    [ Book : 1981 ]
    At Jessie Street NW Lib
    Anne Conlon memorial lecture : 24th November 1980,Sydney : proceedings / [sponsored by] New South Wales Women's Advisory Council
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  4. The other side of the mountain : an investigation of eyewitness accounts of New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land, published principally between 1815 and 1850 / by Anne Conlon
    Conlon, Anne, 1939-1979
    [ Thesis : 1972 ]
    At University of Sydney
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  5. Women, power and the political process / Carmel Niland
    Niland, Carmel
    [ Book : 1992 ]
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  6. Women and philosophy / Moira Gatens
    Gatens, Moira
    [ Book : 1990 ]
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  1. Proceedings of the Anne Conlon Memorial Lecture, 29th July, 1982, Sydney / The New South Wales Women's Advisory Council
    O'Shane, Patricia, 1941-
    [ Book : 1983 ]
    At 8 libraries
    Proceedings of the Anne Conlon Memorial Lecture, 29th July, 1982, Sydney / The New South Wales Women's Advisory Council
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  2. [Biographical cuttings on Anne Conlon, former foundation member of the NSW Women's Advisory Council, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
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  3. Proceedings of the Anne Conlon Memorial Lecture, 21st August 1984, Sydney
    McCarthy, Wendy
    [ Book : 1984 ]
    At 5 libraries
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  4. Anne Conlon memorial lecture : 24th November 1980,Sydney : proceedings / [sponsored by] New South Wales Women's Advisory Council
    Ryan, Edna, 1904-
    [ Book : 1981 ]
    At Jessie Street NW Lib
    Anne Conlon memorial lecture : 24th November 1980,Sydney : proceedings / [sponsored by] New South Wales Women's Advisory Council
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  5. Proceedings, Anne Conlon Memorial Lecture, 11th August, 1983, Sydney / New South Wales Women's Advisory Council
    Bacon, Wendy, 1946-
    [ Book : 1983 ]
    At 3 libraries
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  6. Anne Conlon memorial lecture : proceedings, 24 November 1980, State Office Block Theatrette, Sydney
    Ryan, Edna, 1904-1997
    [ Book : 1980 ]
    At 3 libraries
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  7. Proceedings, Anne Conlon memorial lecture, 23 November, 1981, Sydney / New South Wales Women's Advisory Council
    New South Wales Women's Advisory Council
    [ Book : 1982 ]
    At 2 libraries
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  8. Papers of Edna Ryan
    Ryan, Edna, 1904-1997
    [ Unpublished : 1948-1993 ]
    At National Library
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