02959cid a2200361 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401900130006503300230007803500160010103500120011704000270012910000280015624501200018426000100030430000870031430600110040144000490041250601330046151800690059452007170066352007910138055500560217160000360222761000630226361000520232665000490237865000280242765100460245565100480250170000250254998400230257498583620080729132456.0960422m19951995xx nnu tn eng 1 a1221651920a19950330a19950831 9abn96117925 92330219 aANL:ObengcANL:OdANL1 aRoe, Raigh,d1922-4ive10aDame Raigh Roe interviewed by Gail O'Hanlon in the Australians of the year oral history projecth[sound recording]. c1995. a24 sound tape reels (11 hr., 40 min) :banalog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ;c7 in. a114000 0aAustralians of the year oral history project aAccess open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. aRecorded in Nedlands, W.A. between March 30 and August 31, 1995. aDame Raigh Roe, Past President, Associated Country Women of the World, speaks of her family background, childhood, early jobs, marriage during WWII, brother Alwyn, moving to the farm at Piawaning, primitive conditions she lived & raised her family in, becoming involved in the local CWA, importance of farming diversification, help from Italian POWs and local aboriginals, importance of radio, role of the CWA in the country, her increasing involvement in the CWA, CWA's concern with education, catering & crafts, Frances Craig, Lilian Higgins, Ida Spencer, the "heartbeat of the CWA", involvement in administration (incl. State International Officer, State and National President), the structure of the WA CWA.8 aRoe discusses being a Justice of the Peace and sitting in the Summary Relief Court, public speaking, achievements during State Presidency (incl. financial and voting reform, raising the CWA profile, fighting anti-women advertising, residential schools for Aboriginal girls, migrant aid), help provided during WWII, relationship with media, nature of volunteer work, health problems, leaving farm and moving to city, 1974 WA CWA Golden Jubilee and hosting ACWW Conference, assistance given after Cyclone Tracy, awards, period as World President of ACWW, Social Issues Finding Team and research into in vitro fertilisation, prostitution, Bill of Rights and CWA's own membership and preoccupations, recent work with CWA archives, revision of constitution, and membership of various Boards.0 aCorrected transcript available (typescript, 165 p.)10aRoe, Raigh,d1922-vInterviews.20aCountry Women's Association of Western AustraliaxHistory.20aAssociated Country Women of the WorldxHistory. 0aRural womenzWestern AustraliaxPeriodicals. 0aVoluntarismzAustralia. 0aWestern AustraliaxHistoryy20th century. 0aAustraliaxSocial conditionsy20th century.1 aO'Hanlon, Gail.4ivr aANLcORAL TRC 3410