Cathy Brigden
Biographic Data
| ID | 3648973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cathy Brigden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cathy |
| FAMILY NAME | Brigden |
| SIGNATURE | BRIGDEN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | RMIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0242-7430 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Staging international communism
Encouraged by Communist parties and left-wing trade unions, radical, or working-class, theatre groups of the twentieth century were crucial in the development of a long-lasting left-wing cultural activist impulse in a number of nations. The branches of the Unity Theatre in UK and the New Theatre in Australia had a highly conscious democratic and explicit working class orientation, and presented various combinations of mainstream and radical drama…
No Handmaidens Here
This paper considers the role of women in the Sydney branch of the New Theatre, from 1936 to 1969. In contrast to other gendered spaces found in the theatrical, industrial and political spheres, women held together the New Theatre. Not only did the theatre give opportunities to women as performers, but women embraced roles as directors, stage managers, writers, designers as well as holding elected offices. Drawing on oral histories and archival r…
Gendered scenes
The pervasiveness of gender inequality in the media and entertainment industry has become an issue of growing public interest, debate and agitation. Whether it is the gender pay gap, the ongoing presence of the casting couch, the absence of women film directors, the experiences for women and men are strikingly different. Drawing on the findings of a case study of how performers manage care and precarious paid work in film, television and theatre …
From Martyr to Robo-Nurse
Nurses have traditionally been seen as among the most trusted of workers, with cultural connections with caring and femininity long been associated with their profession. While the portrayal of nurses in overseas screenworks has had some attention, Australian productions have not. This study identifies four categories of screenworks: popular entertainment, training and recruitment films, wartime nursing, and nurses as workers and unionists. Altho…
Organising and Representing Women
How women workers’ interests should be represented and advanced by unions underpins debates about the merits of separate organising. This study of an Australian women's union, the Female Confectioners Union, shows how separate organising created union space and voice for female confectionery workers. Set against this was inter-organisational conflict that developed between the union and the existing male-dominated union, in which separate organis…
A Fine and Self-Reliant Group of Women
The contribution of honorary officials has often been overlooked in studies of trade union leadership. Informed by developments in leadership research, in particular analysis of women's trade union leadership, this paper explores labour women's leadership in the Female Confectioners Union, a women's union. Using a group biography approach, the rank-and-file women activists who held the critical honorary positions are traced over the history of th…
The Legacy of Separate Organizing
Debates about women’s participation, representation, and leadership in trade unions frequently focus on the role of separate organizing. This article examines the historical use of separate organizing by women and its effect in an Australian state peak union, the Victorian Trades Hall Council (THC). Adoption of different forms of separate organizing in the 1910s, in particular autonomous organizing through women-only unions, transformed the gende…
How Women Reshaped the Political Landscape
No Fit Place for Women’? Women in New South Wales Politics 1856–2006. Deborah Brennan and Louise Chappell, eds, 2006. Sydney: UNSW Press. Making Women Count: A History of the Women's Electoral Lob
A Women's Place
Labouring Feminism and Working Class History in North America and Beyond
A report on the Labouring Feminism and Working Class History Conference, which was held on 29 September, 2005 at Munk Centre for International Affairs at the University of Toronto, is presented. The breadth of topics and approaches drawn together demonstrated the vitality and depth of research undertaken. The presentation of stories of union-organising campaigns across different industries and time periods demonstrated the effect on the lives of …
Radical Melbourne 2
Creating Labour's Space
In the wake of the achievement of the eight-hour day in 1856 by building trades unionists in Victoria, attention shifted to the pursuit and construction of a Trades Hall. This claiming of space, the creation of labour's space, is explored in this paper. Drawing on the work of geographers, in particular debates about space, this analysis aims to extend our understanding of the spatial dimensions of peak bodies by reassessing the historical signifi…
A Women's Place
Creating Labour's Space
In the wake of the achievement of the eight-hour day in 1856 by building trades unionists in Victoria, attention shifted to the pursuit and construction of a Trades Hall. This claiming of space, the creation of labour's space, is explored in this paper. Drawing on the work of geographers, in particular debates about space, this analysis aims to extend our understanding of the spatial dimensions of peak bodies by reassessing the historical signifi…
Gendered scenes
The pervasiveness of gender inequality in the media and entertainment industry has become an issue of growing public interest, debate and agitation. Whether it is the gender pay gap, the ongoing presence of the casting couch, the absence of women film directors, the experiences for women and men are strikingly different. Drawing on the findings of a case study of how performers manage care and precarious paid work in film, television and theatre …
The Legacy of Separate Organizing
Debates about women’s participation, representation, and leadership in trade unions frequently focus on the role of separate organizing. This article examines the historical use of separate organizing by women and its effect in an Australian state peak union, the Victorian Trades Hall Council (THC). Adoption of different forms of separate organizing in the 1910s, in particular autonomous organizing through women-only unions, transformed the gende…
Radical Melbourne 2
Creating Labour's Space
In the wake of the achievement of the eight-hour day in 1856 by building trades unionists in Victoria, attention shifted to the pursuit and construction of a Trades Hall. This claiming of space, the creation of labour's space, is explored in this paper. Drawing on the work of geographers, in particular debates about space, this analysis aims to extend our understanding of the spatial dimensions of peak bodies by reassessing the historical signifi…
Labouring Feminism and Working Class History in North America and Beyond
A report on the Labouring Feminism and Working Class History Conference, which was held on 29 September, 2005 at Munk Centre for International Affairs at the University of Toronto, is presented. The breadth of topics and approaches drawn together demonstrated the vitality and depth of research undertaken. The presentation of stories of union-organising campaigns across different industries and time periods demonstrated the effect on the lives of …
A Women's Place
How Women Reshaped the Political Landscape
No Fit Place for Women’? Women in New South Wales Politics 1856–2006. Deborah Brennan and Louise Chappell, eds, 2006. Sydney: UNSW Press. Making Women Count: A History of the Women's Electoral Lob
The Legacy of Separate Organizing
Debates about women’s participation, representation, and leadership in trade unions frequently focus on the role of separate organizing. This article examines the historical use of separate organizing by women and its effect in an Australian state peak union, the Victorian Trades Hall Council (THC). Adoption of different forms of separate organizing in the 1910s, in particular autonomous organizing through women-only unions, transformed the gende…
A Fine and Self-Reliant Group of Women
The contribution of honorary officials has often been overlooked in studies of trade union leadership. Informed by developments in leadership research, in particular analysis of women's trade union leadership, this paper explores labour women's leadership in the Female Confectioners Union, a women's union. Using a group biography approach, the rank-and-file women activists who held the critical honorary positions are traced over the history of th…
From Martyr to Robo-Nurse
Nurses have traditionally been seen as among the most trusted of workers, with cultural connections with caring and femininity long been associated with their profession. While the portrayal of nurses in overseas screenworks has had some attention, Australian productions have not. This study identifies four categories of screenworks: popular entertainment, training and recruitment films, wartime nursing, and nurses as workers and unionists. Altho…
Organising and Representing Women
How women workers’ interests should be represented and advanced by unions underpins debates about the merits of separate organising. This study of an Australian women's union, the Female Confectioners Union, shows how separate organising created union space and voice for female confectionery workers. Set against this was inter-organisational conflict that developed between the union and the existing male-dominated union, in which separate organis…
Gendered scenes
The pervasiveness of gender inequality in the media and entertainment industry has become an issue of growing public interest, debate and agitation. Whether it is the gender pay gap, the ongoing presence of the casting couch, the absence of women film directors, the experiences for women and men are strikingly different. Drawing on the findings of a case study of how performers manage care and precarious paid work in film, television and theatre …
Staging international communism
Encouraged by Communist parties and left-wing trade unions, radical, or working-class, theatre groups of the twentieth century were crucial in the development of a long-lasting left-wing cultural activist impulse in a number of nations. The branches of the Unity Theatre in UK and the New Theatre in Australia had a highly conscious democratic and explicit working class orientation, and presented various combinations of mainstream and radical drama…
No Handmaidens Here
This paper considers the role of women in the Sydney branch of the New Theatre, from 1936 to 1969. In contrast to other gendered spaces found in the theatrical, industrial and political spheres, women held together the New Theatre. Not only did the theatre give opportunities to women as performers, but women embraced roles as directors, stage managers, writers, designers as well as holding elected offices. Drawing on oral histories and archival r…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Australian History and Society (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works)