https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77 en-us 2020-10-29 23:17:30 UTC 2026-01-06 16:52:36 UTC hello@padlet.com tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/875147044 'Save our sons' is a non-political, non-sectarian community action group who opposed the Vietnam War. In the Australia of the mid 1960s, when most women were non-working housewives and mothers, a group of women broke with convention and took to the streets. They were vehemently opposed to conscription, and the system of sending men to fight in the Vietnam War through 'a lottery of death'. 

]]> 2020-10-29 23:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/875147044 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/875151260 SOS was established in 1965 in Sydney but soon other branches were established in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Newcastle and Adelaide.]]> 2020-10-29 23:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/875151260 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/881668183 2020-11-02 09:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/881668183 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/881718240 The five women, Joan Coxsedge, Jean McLean, Chris Cathie, Jo Maclaine-Cross and Irene Miller, were charged for Wilful Trespass after distributing anti-conscription leaflets at the Department of Labour and National Service. They were each sentenced to fourteen days in Melbourne's Fairlea Prison. The case received immense publicity and brought the SOS movement to the attention of the public.]]> 2020-11-02 09:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/881718240 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/881733250 2020-11-02 09:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/881733250 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/881747805 Despite being mocked as communists, rabblerousers, naive mothers and neglectful wives, the SOS movement proudly continued to protest. Within ten years, they became some of the most effective critics against conscription and military engagement and, in doing so, discovered their own political voice. This successful use of language and symbols that distinctly reflected motherhood was integral to the success of the organisation. ]]> 2020-11-02 09:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/881747805 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/881756655 The SOS Movement had representation around the country as anti-war sentiment grew within Australia. The nature of their protests were civilized, which was very effective towards their movement. They protested against the war by conducting silent protests, sit ins, petitions, handed out leaflets, 'teach ins', approached members of parliament and collaborated with other anti war groups. These actions helped to attract publicity, and gain awareness on the issues of conscription.]]> 2020-11-02 09:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/881756655 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/882070497 2020-11-02 12:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/882070497 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/882074672 SOS was founded as a non-political and non-religious movement in May 1965 by Joyce Golgerth, with the intent to motivate mothers to discuss opposition to the Government’s conscription legislation that forced men under 18, not even eligible to vote, to serve overseas in Vietnam. 


]]> 2020-11-02 12:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/882074672 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/882080051 Michael Caulfield’s The Vietnam Years describes the potency of the SOS protests as housewives ‘stood there in their hats, gloves and sensible shoes… brandishing their blue and white banners with slogans hand-printed on their aprons’. ]]> 2020-11-02 12:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/882080051 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/886007124 2020-11-03 12:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/886007124 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/886092483 2020-11-03 13:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/886092483 tinalahijanian https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/886096512 2020-11-03 13:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tinalahijanian/c9sqz65mfo6wht77/wish/886096512