| Born on the 23rd April 1895 at Lara, a small town south-west of Melbourne, Catherine Williams (nee Chambers) was the daughter of the foundation secretary of the Victorian Clerks' Union. A member of the Communist Party of Australia since 1936, Williams became directly involved in trade union affairs a decade later in 1948 when the acting Secretary of the Liquor Trades Union, Jim Coull offered her a position as an union organiser. A tireless supporter of the equal pay movement, Williams is recognised as being a driving force behind what became the Women's Liberation Movement. Kath Williams died on 17th April 1975. |
