4 posters.

Forty open open reel audiotapes of interviews as part of the project From lunchroom to boardroom : records of oral history project, Women in the Labor movement, 1930-1970.

Therese Collie interviews Susie Dickson.

Susie talks of her early life growing up in Blackpool, England, with a single mother, who came from a strong socialist family; high school education and teachers college; her first teaching job in Manchester, being evacuated, with her school, to Blackpool during the second World War; matron of a home for boys with mental disability during the war; teachers union; reasons for joining the Communist Party; emigrating to Australia in 1957 with her husband Ian and four children; first impressions of Townsville and Queensland; the formation of a branch of the Local Government Women's Association (LGWA) in Townsville by Lady Jessie Groom; being Chairman of LGWA, other women involved in the association; working for the Prisoner's Aid Society; LGWA folding after 11 years and its activities over the years; working on an oral history project, for Margaret Reynolds office, on women who've been involved in the labour movement in north Queensland; being the first female juror in Townsville in the 1960's; working as a tutor for Aborigine and Torres Strait Islander students at the Boys Grammar in Townsville.

Poster includes eight circular images, framed by white blocks of stars and red line stars; background of poster is blue, text (quotes) is in red in white free forming shapes.
Inscribed on poster: Union Starts 1891-1991. Quotes on poster: We were the footsloggers; we were ordinary women working to improve our quality of life; i was always "the wife of"; the first time I spoke up I was terrified; that dreadful political women's club; we girls had to make sandwhiches, cups of tea and keep the beer up; I've never lost my anger, I don't think I ever will...that's my red head.
Bottom of poster: [Australia Council logo] From Lunchroom to Boardroom Labour women's oral history project was assisted by the Australia Council, the Federal Government's funding and advisory body and hosted by the TLC Women's Equal Opportunity Committee and the Public Sector Union, Qld. Artworks: Therese Collie / Judith Hewitson. Feb 1992.

Therese Collie interviews Alice Hughes (née Anear). Alice was born 25 November 1918 in Charters Towers, Queensland. She talks about her early life in Chillagoe and her first involvement with the women's rights movement; her brother Dick Anear and the Communist Party; the formation of the Union of Australian Women; International Women's Day in Australia; Ivy Neilson (Innisfale Branch of the Communist Party); Trade Union movement on women's issues; Labor governments; the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions on equal pay; The Meat Worker’s Reform Committee; Quentin Bryce and the Office of Status of Women; and the current state of the women's movement.

Interview continues on Reel 9: Interview with Alice Hughes and Ivy Neilson, Grange, Brisbane, 25 Nov 1991 (UQFL300, Series A, Item 4).

Therese Collie interviews Francis Bishop, born in Brisbane in 1918.

Francis talks of her early life growing up in Brisbane in a Liberal family; joining the Communist Party and Union of Australian Women, and her involvement with both organisations; her husband Frank, who was the Communist Party Secretary of the Townsville area; Labor Day marches in Brisbane; her opinion on the changes in political activity over the years and lack of interest in unions and the Labor Party; women's issues and work for women's rights; Flo Milburn and Betty Clason.

Therese Collie interviews Connie Healy. Constance (Connie) Healy grew up in Brisbane. She worked for the Waterside Workers' Federation, and, from the 1930s, became heavily involved with the Unity/New Theatre and the Communist Party of Australia. After the second World War, which claimed the life of her first husband, she married prominent Queensland union leader, Mick Healy. Her interest in theatre and her involvement in political activity continued throughout the postwar decades. She was particularly active in the struggle for justice for Aboriginal people. (Information from Connie Healy Collection, UQFL191, Fryer Library, The University of Queensland Library).

Connie talks of her early life and working life; the Unity/New Theatre; Waterside Workers' Union, she was Ted Englardt's secretary; joining the Communist Party of Australia; Clerks' Union and Bank Officers' Association; her husband Mick Healy; Secretary of the Eureka Youth League; Daisy Marcositi; prominent political figures like Max Julius, Brian Fitzpatrick, Paul Robeson, and Sir Hewlitt Johnson; and her views of the current issues for women.

Therese Collie interviews Loma Thompson, born in 1922 in Lismore, Victoria.

Loma talks of her early life in Camberdown and Colac, and her parents; leaving school at 14 or 15 years old; training to be a nurse at Geelong and joining the Student Nurses' Association, and later the Professional Division of the Hospital Employees' Union; moving to North Queensland in 1948; meeting her husband Fred Thompson at a Communist Party meeting; joining the Communist Party in 1944 and why she joined; working for the Legion of Ex-Servicemen; Union of Australian Women (UAW); Freds work and his involvement with the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU), Loma being a founding member of the AEU Women's Committee; 1964/65 dispute at Mt Isa Mines and the work that the Women's Committee did; returning to the workforce at the age of 49 and the changes in the workforce for women since she last time she worked; her involvement with Kindergarten Headstart; child care; some issues faced by women today; activities, politically or otherwise, she is involved in now, and her family being involved in arts activities as a political tool of communication.

Therese Collie interviews Jeannie O'Connor born in 1920 in Nambour.