Iola Mathews is an author, co-founder of the Women’s Electoral Lobby, and a former journalist at The Age. Later she worked at the ACTU as an industrial officer and advocate, specialising in women’s employment, for which she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal. She was the advocate in the parental leave case and equal pay cases for child care workers and clerical workers. More recently, she established writers’ studios in the National Trust property ‘Glenfern’ in East St Kilda. She lives in Melbourne with her husband, Dr Race Mathews.
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Winning for Women
Iola Mathews
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Winning for Women
Iola Mathews
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Monash University Publishing authors at Adelaide Writers’ Week
The 2023 Adelaide Writers’ Festival has announced its early line-up - guests include Inala Cooper, Simon Holmes a Court and Michael Bradley.
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Monash University Publishing authors at Adelaide Writers’ Week
The 2023 Adelaide Writers’ Festival has announced its early line-up - guests include Inala Cooper, Simon Holmes a Court and Michael Bradley.
