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Booklet - V.F.S.S.M.C. Rule Book, The Dominion Press, Victorian Federation of State School Mothers' Club Rule Book, September 1966

  • Front cover of the Rule Book, featuring the title, logo, and publication date.

    Image of Front Cover of Rule Book

  • The blank blue inside front cover and the first page of the rule book.

    Image of Inside Cover and First Page of Rule Book

  • A notice card featuring the UK's coat of arms, blank space, and some writing.

    Image of Front of Notice Card

  • A notice card featuring generic meeting invitation text with blank spaces to fill in details.

    Image of Back of Notice Card

  • Front cover of the Rule Book, featuring the title, logo, and publication date.
  • The blank blue inside front cover and the first page of the rule book.
  • A notice card featuring the UK's coat of arms, blank space, and some writing.
  • A notice card featuring generic meeting invitation text with blank spaces to fill in details.

Physical description

This is a short pocket-sized 28-page booklet. The cover is made of blue cardstock, featuring a title, logo and publication year on the front and no writing on the back. There are 7 individual pieces of paper, most with two pages of printed text on both sides, bound with two staples through the spine of the booklet. Within it is a cardstock notice card, providing a template for readers to organise a meeting of a school committee.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Front Cover Text: "Victorian Federation of State School / Mothers' Clubs / RULE BOOK / SEPTEMBER, 1966 / This issue cancels all previous issues"
Logo, Middle of Front Cover: "WE SERVE / VFSSMC / THE CHILDREN"

Summary

The book begins with the motto and core beliefs of the V.F.S.S.M.C., followed by a prayer. The main text contains various administrative and procedural rules, sorted into two sections: a template for a constitution of an individual Mothers' Club, and a copy of the official V.F.S.S.M.C. organisational constitution.

This 1966 edition of the Victorian Federation of State School Mothers' Clubs Rule Book was published by the Federation to standardise procedure in Mothers' Clubs across the state. In the 1960s, the V.F.S.S.M.C. was highly active in advocating for the improvements in state schools, which at the time were suffering from poor conditions caused by lacking funding, old buildings and little maintenance. The V.F.S.S.M.C. advocated for school libraries, specialist teachers and clerical help, smaller class sizes, and improving the safety of children at school crossings. The organisation was founded in 1925 as the Victorian Federation of Mothers' Clubs, rebranding to the name in this publication in 1959. In the 1970s Mothers' Clubs would largely be reorganised to become Parents' Clubs, with the V.F.S.S.M.C. now known as Parents Victoria.

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