Zelda D'Aprano interviewed by Rosemary Francis in the Women and leadership in a century of Australian democracy oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5747263
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- D'Aprano, Zelda, 1928-2018, interviewee
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- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 2 sound files (ca. 207 min.)
- Series:
- Women and leadership in a century of Australian democracy oral history project.
- Summary:
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Zelda D'Aprano speaks about her family history; her parent’s nationalities and careers; her education; poverty; employment; her parent’s political interests; the consequences of enlisting union help to improve working conditions; becoming a member of the Communist Party; working as a dental nurse at Larundel Hospital; the Hospital Employees Union; leadership; class issues; political action; working for the Meat Industry Union; equal pay; her mother as a role model; the Women’s Liberation Movement; the attitudes of male communist union leaders to women’s activism; abortion; consciousness raising; issues of sexuality within the Women’s Liberation Movement; living in a commune in Northern N.S.W.; mentoring; women unionists; gender differences in leadership; the Arbitration Commission; equality; women’s refuges; her resignation from the Communist Party.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 29 August 2011 in Melbourne, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.)
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Francis, Rosemary, interviewer
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This belongs to the Women and leadership in a century of Australian democracy oral history project.
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