User:Editor190405/Madge Dawson

Teachers in the area experienced similar discrimination to many women around the world, the men earned a higher salary and married women were not allowed to work. They seem to cover every possible combination of questions, including family socioeconomic background, first degree types completed, the number of Ph.D. holders in the group, age at marriage, husbands' professional status, amount of time spent on household chores, leisure activities, voting and political behaviors, and incomes.

In 1934 Dawson married another teacher David Dawson and in 1937 the pair began to travel. They visited Japan, Germany and the USSR as well as China and the UK. The time frame meant they saw events unfolding in Nazi Germany from the ground, including a speech by Goebbels which Dawson remembered as extremely disturbing. '''Dawson acknowledged that the couple's purpose for traveling was to witness and experience prejudice firsthand, specifically sexism, racism, class divide, imperialism, war, communism, and, in particular, Nazism. '''

Initially her course talked about the socio-economic and political status of women in Europe. Many of her students became leading academics in the new feminist movements and the course led to the publication of her book Graduate and Married (University of Sydney, 1965). However, as of late, the demands of the economy as well as recognition of the crucial role women already play have prompted some reevaluation of their potential.

Miko:

They visited Japan, Germany and the USSR as well as China and the UK. The time frame meant they saw events unfolding in Nazi Germany from the ground, including a speech by Goebbels which Dawson remembered as extremely disturbing.

They visited “Japan, Germany and the USSR as well as China and the UK.” Dawson felt deeply unsettled as they witnessed events unfolding in Nazi Germany from the ground, including a speech by Joseph Goebbels, a Nazi politician.

For several years after the war Dawson gained a number of new qualifications before they returned to Australia in 1954.

For several years after the war Dawson gained a number of new qualifications “in social work” before they returned to Australia in 1954.

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Activism:

During Dawson's travels, she opposed Nazi organizations alongside "the Spanish people and the International Brigade." Dawson was involved in other political movements, including an organization for Aboriginal rights, the Australian Labor Party, ALP. She also spoke against the Vietnam War and use of nuclear weapons.

Personal Life:

Dawson married David Dawson in 1934. In 1940, they adopted their son Sean and in 1945 they conceived their child Paddy Dawson.