'Lovable natives' and `tribal sisters': feminism, maternalism, and the campaign for aboriginal citizenship in New South Wales in the late 1930s

Discusses feminism, maternalism, and the campaign for Aboriginal citizenship in New South Wales, Australia in the late 1930s. Details on the relationship between Pearl Gibbs, a leader of the Aborigines Progressive Association, and a white activist, Joan Strack; Complexity of Strack's position as an activist for Aboriginal citizenship.