• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH001096

International Women’s Day Committee Research Project : Summary Record [sound recording] Interviewers: Celia Frank and Kirstin Marks

  • Repository State Library of South Australia
  • Reference OH 210
  • Date Range May-93 - Feb-94
  • Description

    24 hours 8 minutes A series of 17 interviews with women associated with the South Australian International Women’s Day Committee, founded in 1938. The interviews are biographical in structure and also include information about a range of other organisations, including the Union of Australian Women, Communist Party of Australia, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Women’s Liberation Movement and Women’s Electoral Lobby. The interviews were conducted in conjunction with a project to organise the Committee’s archives and prepare a new history for publication. The two research officers, who were also the interviewers, were employed initially with funding from the Commonwealth Jobskills program and then with support from the Women’s Suffrage Centenary Committee and the Department of the Arts. Individual details are as follows: OH 210/1 Hutchin, Linda, (1913- ). OH 210/2 Howe, Valerie, (1923- ). OH 210/3 Poulton, Mavis, (1933- ). OH 210/4 Forte, Margaret, (1917-2001), OH 210/5 Hall, Bev, (1943-). OH 210/6 Fisher, E. M. (Elizabeth M.), (1925-). OH 210/7 Edmonds, Flo, (1919-). OH 210/8 Miller, Beryl, (1926-). OH 210/9 Robertson, Mavis, (1932-). OH 210/10 Bell, Irene, (1906-1995). OH 210/11 Cook, Maureen, (1920-). OH 210/12 Brannigan, Molly, (1924-). OH 210/13 Tapp, Eulalie, (1917- ). OH 210/14 Lean, Marie, (1931-) OH 210/15 Picone, Cathy, (1949-). OH 210/16 Blackburn, Jean, (1919-2001). OH 210/17 Alexiou, Kay, (1922-).

  • Formats Sound recording (cassette) analogue
  • Access Restrictions apply to some items - see information about individual recordings
  • Finding Aid Interview logs (47 pages) or full transcripts (247 pages) available except for OH 210/15)

Related entries


  • Primary
    • International Women's Day (1928 - )
  • Primary Subject
    • International Women's Day Committee (SA) Inc (1938 - )
  • See also
    • Union of Australian Women (1950 - )
    • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia (1919 - )
    • Women's Electoral Lobby Australia (1972 - )
    • Women's Liberation Movement
    • Tuesday Afternoon Group of Women's Liberation (1972 - )