Lorelei Booker interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4650273
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Booker, Lorelei, 1906-1994, 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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- 1980 Nov. 3
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 95 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, mono
- Summary:
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Lorelei Booker talks about her childhood in the Australian countryside; the influence of her parents; her education; early womens movements and their platform of action; Jesse Street; successes since 1945 including the fight for equal pay; the removal of the Commonwealth marriage bar; jury service for women; the organisations she has been involved with; people she has worked for; the Womens Electoral Lobby; the International Alliance of Women Voters and the South East Asia Womens Assoc. N.S.W. which is largely non political; the future of womens reform.
- Biography/History:
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Lorelei Booker, M.B.E. has held positions within the Board of Australian Federation of Women Voters; the Pan-Pacific and South East Asia Womens Assoc. N.S.W.; the National Council of Women; the Commonwealth Country League; the International Alliance of Women Voters and the Judge Rainbow Memorial Appeal in aid of a half-way house for ex-prisoners.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Nov. 3, 1980.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-194790212
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 42 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- McGrath, Amy, 1921-2019, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2050 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1980
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