Person
Franklin, Margaret
- Occupation
- Sociologist and Author
Summary
Margaret Franklin began her career as a lawyer. In 1968 Franklin moved to Armidale, New South Wales, where she discovered that there were no Government funded legal services for Aborigines. She organised a group of lawyers throughout New South Wales who were prepared to act on behalf Aborigines without a fee. This initiated Franklin's interest in sociology. After graduating from the University of New England with a Bachelor of Social Science, she worked in the University's Department of Sociology for many years. Franklin has published extensively on Aboriginal issues and the status of women in Australian society.
Archival resources
University of New England and Regional Archives, Heritage Centre
- Margaret Franklin, interview, 1988, A711; University of New England and Regional Archives, Heritage Centre. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Articles
- Bowen, Margarita, 'Margaret Franklin', WISENET Journal, 18 (March) (1989), http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/franklin.htm. Details
- Bowen, Margarita, 'Margaret-Ann Franklin: a sociologist with compassion', WISENET Journal, 35 (July) (1994), http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/mafranklin.htm. Details
Resources
- 'Franklin, Margaret Ann', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-559416. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 1 April 2003