Eileen Powell interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 90373
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Powell, Eileen, 1913-1997, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1979
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 240 min.)
- Summary:
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Eileen Powell (Mrs Fred Coleman-Browne) talks about her early interest in politics; her childhood; her education and her mother's interest in politics. She then talks about her move to railways and unionism; her support for better working conditions for women, her involvement with radio and other works for feminism; Jessie Street; her fight for equal pay rights; her nomination as Vice President at annual labor party conference; socialism; Jack Lang and his political career; status of women in Australia compared to other countries; Federation of Women Voters; her husband, Fred Coleman-Browne, political journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald; the future for women; divorce; young people today.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on June 6, 1979.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215177365
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (7 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Feminists
- Other authors/contributors:
- McGrath, Amy, 1921-2019, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2049 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1979
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