Interview with Hilda Baruch
TitleInterview with Hilda Baruch
ReferenceTAPE/150
Date
n.d.
Scope and ContentHilda Baruch talks in detail about Liverpool, Manchester, Yorkshire. Talks about her family and upbringing. Education. She discusses the 1930s peace movement and the Spanish civil war. Fascism and rallies in London and Liverpool. She talks about her work for the YCL, the Communist Party and also for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), full time. Talk about her husband Lou, his war time experiences. Women's Assembly Campaign Against Korean War. CND. Women's Guild. Family, work with scouting movement, community work. National congress. Work history. Women's issues. (Interview spans 4 cassette tapes - TAPE/127 and TAPE/148-TAPE/150)
Extent1 cassette tape and 2 digital recordings
Physical descriptionDuration: 4 hr. 30 min (over 4 tapes)
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyThe views and opinions expressed in the interview(s) are the interviewee’s own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Working Class Movement Library.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.
Persons keywordBaruch, Hilda, Co-operative Women's Guild
SubjectOral history, Community, Employment, Trade unions, Women, Clerical workers
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationZ (Room 24)