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Interview with Mary Wright [sound recording] / Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Title
Interview with Mary Wright [sound recording] / Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy
Repository
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
Reference
ORAL TRC 1948/43
Description

8 tape reels : 3 3/4 ips., mono. ; 5 in. Interview conducted in 1988.
Mrs Wright speaks of her family background and her early life in SydHouney; 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.

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National Foundation for Australian Women The University of Melbourne, eScholarship Research Centre

http://www.womenaustralia.info/archives/AWH001892.htm