A.F.W.V. Correspondence, 1929

Containers:

Box 7

Component identifier:

File 12

Content Summary:

Incoming and outgoing correspondence relating to her position as President of the A.F.W.V. Correspondents include Mary Driver, Carrie Chapman Catt, Sir Eric Drummond, C. Ross Patterson, Daisy Solomon, Ruby Rich, Eva Bowes, Edith Waterworth, Blanche Stephens, the Hon. Dr Earle Page, Edith How Martyn, Marjorie King, Gladys Harrison, Sir George Julius, the Hon J.G. Latham, E.A. Mann, Mildred Muscio, Emily Bennett, E. Hinder, Ethel Osborne, Dr. E.M. Stang, Katherine Bompas, Rosa Manus, Dr. Georgina Sweet, Mrs Britomarte James, Ada Bromham, Prime Minister the Right Hon. Stanley Bruce, Taylor Darbyshire, J.E. Ogden, Ellinor Walker, Mrs Carlisle McDonnell, Senator the Hon J.J. Daly. Topics include business for "The Dawn" magazine, organising delegates for Conferences of the British Commonwealth League and for Congresses of the I.W.S.A., appointment and administrative matters of the A.F.W.V. state brances. Comprises items 764-854.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bessie Rischbieth bequeathed to the National Library her collection of papers and books in so far as they related to the 'national, empire and/or international development of the modern women's movements', while papers of personal and local interest were bequeathed to the State Library of Western Australia. The papers were received in November 1967, and were augmented by the records of the Australian Federation of Women Voters in 1970.

Subjects:

Women's rights

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