Mary Wright interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 604670
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Wright, Mary, 1903-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required from the Labour Council of New South Wales for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1988
- 8 sound tape reels : 3 3/4 ips., mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mrs Wright speaks of her family background and her early life in Sydney; her first marriage; living conditions during the 1920s; the Militant Women's Group; scabs and the timberworkers' lockout, Glebe; evictions from houses; rations; demonstrations; International Women's Day; Civil War in Spain; Jessie Street; Selina Maloney; meeting Tom Wright; Communist Party social activities; Paddy Drew; Tom's involvement in the union; his work at Wonderlex; New Guard; Workers' Defence Corps; welfare inspections; Woman Today; Spanish Relief Committee; Tom's work on the Labor Council; Idris Williams; Bill Orr; fights in the Labor Council; caucusing; Jim Healey; Ernie Thornton; book raids; women's wages; Jessie Street's involvement in the labour movement; Della Elliot ; Tom's involvement in the ACTU; Tom's overseas trips; his work with aborigines; Housewives Association; Union of Australian Women; International Women's Day committee; miners' strike; book raids; Vietnam demonstrations; her work in the Bankstown area; changes to the women's movement; communism; the ALP.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection of interviews with former and present trade union leaders, produced as a joint project by the Labor Council of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia.
- Recorded on Aug. 3 & 10, 1988.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available: (190 leaves)
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- Publication date:
- 1988
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