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Creator:

Women's Liberation Switchboard

History :

The 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 Archive

Activities/Occupation:

Feminist collectives

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