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Creator:

Chapman-Davis, Jan

Date of birth:

1947

Biography:

Jan Chapman-Davis was born in Geelong in 1947. She was educated at Catholic schools but left work at fourteen to work in a shoe factory. After marriage at eighteen and having four children, Chapman-Davis came out in 1973 a and began living in the first of many lesbian households. She was active in women's liberation marches and protests throughout the 1970s. While employed at the Women's Liberation Halfway House in 1980, Chapman-Davis participated in making the film, 'Women Break Out'. Eligible for Abstudy, she returned to study and became part of the Victorian aboriginal community. This collection is No.12 of the Victorian Women's Liberation and Lesbian Feminist Archive

Activities/Occupation:

Feminists

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