A.F.W.V. correspondence and notes, 1954-1958

Containers:

Box 10

Component identifier:

File 31

Content Summary:

Also includes personal correspondence. Includes Bessie Rischbieth's correspondence with the National Library of Australia, particularly with National Librarian Harold White, about donating her collection. Comprises items 2026-2054.

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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