Rose Stone interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"

Accession Number	F09771
Collection type	Film
Measurement	45 min 06 sec
Object type	Interview
Physical description	MXF (.mxf)/colour/sound
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made	8 August 2015
Access	Open
Conflict	Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright	Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

Description

Rose Stone (DOB 1921) was sent by her Jewish family to Australia in 1938 as a refugee from Poland. Most of her family, however, did not survive. She got work as a seamstress, eventually sewing costumes for the Melbourne Theatre Company. She also joined the Communist Party of Australia and the Union of Australian Women which supported Save Our Sons during the Vietnam War. Her own son was eligible for conscription and this provided extra motivation to partiipate in SOS actions. These included a delegation to Canberra and a vigil to Tocumwal induction centre which was abandoned in the face of hostility. These activities led her into the Women’s Liberation Movement and other transformative activities. (Description provided by interviewer).