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THE GREAT WAR AND CANADIAN SOCIETY PROJECT

1975-0098

Sound

1 of 1

1974-07-04

Opportunities for Youth

interviewer, Sharon Mintz

Interview of Mrs. Margaret Leslie, who was born in Ottawa in 1889. She talks about: her childhood in Ottawa; her father's work as a bookbinder; her schooling; her first job in a book bindery in Toronto; the family's move to Toronto when she was 10 years old because her father got a job at Eaton's; her job in the Kodak factory at Portland and Queen Streets; her marriage in 1910 to a man she met at the Kodak factory; going for walks and going to church; her view that women did not need to work after they married; her husband getting a job as a firefighter just before World War One; the social pressure put on men to enlist; her brothers enlisting for military service; a welcome home celebration when one of her brothers came back from the war; the difficulty men encountered trying to get jobs after the war; the war and religious belief; and her first child.

English

Open

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur