She dared to speak : Connie Birchfield's story / by Maureen Birchfield
- Bib ID:
- 548917
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Birchfield, Maureen, 1939-
- Description:
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- Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 1998
- 215 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1877133531 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"This is the story of a spirited and courageous woman who was driven by a concern for the welfare of ordinary people. Written by her daughter, it has a liveliness and immediacy which would be difficult for an outsider to achieve."--BOOK JACKET. "Connie Birchfield grew up in Lancashire - working in a cotton mill from the age of thirteen - and emigrated to New Zealand in the 1920s. She became involved in unions and the Labour Party as a hotel worker, and joined the Communist Party as an unemployed worker in the 1930s. In many ways she was a woman ahead of her time - a fine street orator, a candidate in several municipal and general elections, an activist in the working women's movement - much of this while bringing up a family with a husband away at war. Her local community benefited from her organising ability and she always spoke her mind - so much so that she was expelled from the Communist Party in 1957."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1. A Policeman's Daughter
- Ch. 2. Growing Up in Two Worlds
- Ch. 3. Through the Mill
- Ch. 4. Turning Point
- Ch. 5. In Search of Socialism
- Ch. 6. Surviving the Depression
- Ch. 7. On Her Soap Box
- Ch. 8. Ruling the Roost
- Ch. 9. Party Life
- Ch. 10. Fifties Turmoil
- Ch. 11. Armchair Philosopher
- Connie's Election Results
- Connie's 1957 Statement Following Her Expulsion
- Letter to Communist Party Members and Supporters
- 'She's an Old Woman'
- 'The Queen of Coronation Street'.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-210) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1998
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