• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH002201

Jessie Cooper interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
  • Reference ORAL TRC 782
  • Date Range 1-May-80 - 1-May-80
  • Description

    Jessie Cooper talks about her family; early life; education; first job; Dorothy Knox; her interest in politics; the Lyceum Club; her entry into politics; her fight to gain a position in the legislative council; what her job involves and her concern for prison reform.

  • Access Access to be determined.
  • Finding Aid Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 20 leaves) available.

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  • Primary Creator
    • Cooper, Jessie Mary (1914 - 1993)