RiP Wendy Lowenstein

Tuesday, 31 October 2006 Books+Publishing

Wendy Lowenstein, oral historian, author and passionate defender of workers' rights, has died in Melbourne from complications of Alzheimer's disease, aged 79. Lowenstein's books include Weevils in the Flour (Scribe), a record of Australian experiences during the Great Depression. Her collection of oral histories resides at the National Library in...