Manuscript Collection UQFL 300 : From lunchroom to boardroom

From lunchroom to boardroom: records of oral history project, Women in the Labor movement, 1930-1970/ hosted by the Trades and Labor Council of Queensland, Women's Equal Opportunity Committee and the Public Sector Union, Queensland.

Table of Contents

Scope and content note

  • 1991
  • 2 boxes (40 tapes - with accompanying posters and documentation)
  • Available for reference.

40 taped interviews, accompanying posters and documentation about the project.
Some interviews have been transcribed.

Interviews with:
Joyce Murphy, Ivy Willey, Jenny Prohaska, Alice Hughes,Ivy Neilsen, Jean Bowden, Marie Crisp, Constance Healey, Jean O'Connor, Ida Welsh, Vi Cox, Susie Dickson, Frances Bishop, Julba Julba Woman Dance Troupe, Loma Thompson, Pat Bowe, Bessie Lymburner, Elena Timms

Historical note

The project was funded in 1991 by the Australia Council and hosted by the Trades and Labor Council of Queensland, Women's Equal Opportunity Committee and the Public Sector Union,Queensland.
Interviews were conducted by Therese Collie.
Transcripts of the interviews were compiled by Sue Pechey.

Series Descriptions

(* after tape number indicates that a typed transcript is available of the interview)

Interviews with:

  1. Joyce Murphy/Ivy Willey, Ipswich and West Moreton Women's Aux QCEU
  2. Joyce Murphy/Ivy Willey, Ipswich and West Moreton Women's Aux QCEU
  3. Jenny Prohaska. UAW
  4. Jenny Prohaska UAW
  5. Jenny Prohaska UAW
  6. Alice Hughes. UAW, AMIEU
  7. Alice Hughes. UAW, AMIEU
  8. Alice Hughes. UAW, AMIEU
  9. Alice Hughes and Ivy Neilsen. UAW, AMIEU, CPA (Cairns, Innisfail)
  10. Jean Bowden. ATPOA
  11. Jean Bowden. ATPOA
  12. Jean Bowden. ATPOA
  13. Marie Crisp. CPA, FMWU
  14. Marie Crisp. CPA, FMWU
  15. Marie Crisp. CPA, FMWU
  16. * Connie Healy, Wife of Mick Healy, Sec. TLC. WWFA, FCU
  17. * Connie Healy. Wife of Mick Healy, Sec. TLC. WWFA, FCU
  18. * Connie Healy. Wife of Mick Healy, Sec. TLC. WWFA, FCU
  19. Jeannie O'Connor SUA Women's Comm
  20. Jeannie O'Connor SUA Women's Comm
  21. Jeannie O'Connor SUA Women's Comm
  22. * Ida Welsh, Townsville. Daughter of William Hamilton, striking shearer 1891
  23. * Ida Welsh, Townsville. Daughter of William Hamilton, striking shearer 1891
  24. * Vi Cox, Townsville ALP
  25. * Vi Cox, Townsville ALP
  26. * Susie Dickson, Townsville Local Government Women's Association (LGWA)
  27. *Susie Dickson, Townsville Local Government Women's Association (LGWA)
  28. * Susie Dickson, Townsville Local Government Women's Association (LGWA)
  29. * Frances Bishop, Townsville UAW
  30. * Frances Bishop, Townsville UAW
  31. * Julbu Julbu (Woman) Dance Troupe, Townsville, Northtown, Level 5.
          Launch of the Office of Chair of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
          Tripartite Forum, 13/12/91.
  32. * Lorna Thompson (Inglis), Townsville UAW, Wife of Fred Thompson, MEWU
  33. * Lorna Thompson, Townsville UAW, Wife of Fred Thompson, MEWU
  34. * Lorna Thompson Townsville UAW, Wife of Fred Thompson, MEWU
  35. * Pat Bowe, Townsville QTU
  36. * Pat Bowe, Townsville QTU
  37. * Bessie Lymburner, TNS, Aboriginal Health Palm Island Strike
  38. * Bessie Lymburner, TNS, Aboriginal Health Palm Island Strike
  39. * Elena Timms, Townsville, Italian migrant parents, FMWU
  40. * Elena (Raccanello) Timms, Townsville. Italian migrant parents, FMWU

Posters produced for "From Lunchroom to Boardroom":
"Union Stars 1891-1991".
"I Wasn't Born Yesterday".
"Mother Mine".
"I've always tried to be a good little girl … but at heart I'm still a rebel".

Description of Papers in Folder
Details of Oral History Project and the people involved in the project.
Description of project and its aims.

 
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