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2015.0072 [POSTERS OF SUGAR & SNAILS PRESS]
Date Range of Records: 1971-1980
Creator(s):
- Sugar & Snails Press Co-Operative Ltd [-]
Collection of 7 political posters, mainly dealing with feminist issues. There are two copies of a poster for International Women's Day 1976, another poster for an International Women's Day rally in the Melbourne City Square c.1970s, an anti-Vietnam war poster in support of the moratorium c.1970s, a poster for a Woman's Liberation march, and three posters relating to non-sexist children's literature that each have a stamp on the reverse side that states: Women's Movement Children's Literature Co-operative Ltd., 62 Relowe Crescent, Box Hill North, Victoria, 3129. The co-operative was also known as Sugar and Snails Press, which produced non-sexist books and other items (such as posters) for children. One of the posters bears a caption stating that the image of the poster was taken from The Witch of Grange Grove, the co-operative's first non-sexist children's book, published in 1974.
7 posters
Collection Category: Community and Political, organisations
Access Conditions: Access: Open
Finding Aids: No Finding Aid. Request all boxes
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