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Jessie Street interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 225707
Format AudioAudio, OnlineOnline [sound recording]
Author
Street, Jessie, 1889-1970, Interviewee
 
Online Versions
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1967 Mar. 18 
2 sound tape reels (ca. 62 min.) 
Series

Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 197,198

Summary

Street speaks about her early childhood in India; the quality of life for women in Australia at the beginning of the century; her family history; her university years; England during the war years; working with prostitutes in New York; thoughts on trade unions and female membership; about how she prepares for her speeches; Street reads a passage from her book "Truth or repose".

Notes

Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-591100020

Related Material Papers of Jessie Street; located at; National Library of Australia Manuscript collection MS2683 
Index/Finding Aid Note Timed summary (2 p.) and transcript available (22 p.) 
Subjects Street, Jessie, 1889-1970 -- Interviews.  |  Street, Jessie, 1889-1970 Truth or repose.  |  Feminists -- Australia -- Interviews.  |  Socialists -- Australia -- Interviews.
Other authors/contributors De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984, Interviewer

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ORAL TRC 1/197-198
Copy: Recording
Special Collections Reading Room
ORAL TRC 1/197-198 (transcript)
Copy: Transcript
Special Collections Reading Room
ORAL TRC 1/197-198 (summary)
Copy: Recording
Special Collections Reading Room

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