Women's Liberation Switchboard

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsFeminist collectivesHistoryThe Women's Liberation Switchboard was founded in 1979 by women formerly responsible for the defunct Women's Liberation Centre telephone service. It provided information and a referral service for women seeking refuges and other support services. Volunteers to the Switchboard worked four- hourly shifts for twelve hours a day, seven days a week. In 1980 WLS received government funding on the condition that it added Women's Refuge Referral Service to its title. The WLS and WRRS then effectively ran two distinct services: the WRS had paid workers and the WLS was run by volunteers who gave information of women's liberation-related activities. In 1984 the two groups became officially autonomous. WLS closed down in 1992. This collection is No.17 of the Victorian Women's Liberation and Lesbian Feminist ArchiveSearch records of this agent

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