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[McConnell, Nano - Interview]

Item number (ISN):

526815

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2000

Item number (ISN):

526815

Type of material:

Sound recordings

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE FONDS / FONDS DU MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE

Accession:

2016-0078

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

2000

Production company:

Directorate of History and Heritage
Department of National Defence
Lisa Banister
Directorate Materiel Group Human Resources

Description:

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Nano McConnell participated in an oral history interview conducted by Lisa Bannister in 2000. The interview was used to create a first-person narrative for Bannister's published work "Equal to the Challenge: An Anthology of Women's Experiences during World War II." McConell was nineteen and working for the Treasury Office of the Department of Public Works when the war broke out. She came from a family with strong military roots and began volunteering at the YMCA Servicemen's Canteen and the Canadian Red Cross to support the war effort. By April 1942 she felt her job and volunteering were not enough so she joined the Women's Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force. She was sent to Toronto to complete her basic training and trades training in clerical work so that she could replace the men in those positions so they could go fight. She was posted to RCAF Overseas HQ in London to work in Records Administration. She kept track of where all the Canadian Air Force servicemen were stationed. She was later transferred to the Personnel Section where she discovered that Canada had sent over psychologists to review the files of men who had been dishonorably discharged due to “lack of moral fibre.” Today this is called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Her last posting was in the Women's Section. McConnell discusses being a women in the military, the double standards, relationships with male servicemen, and pregnancy. She also comments on the several events when the Allies attacked civilians, such as the bomb drop on Hiroshima. McConnell comments that she became a feminist late in life and that women's involvement in the military should be studied by feminist historians.

Language:

English

Original number:

2004/6

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1. Tape speed: 2.4cm.~2. First draft of narrative produced from the content of the interview is available.

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Vault ISN:

842872

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

33556AV
33557AV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MICRO CA

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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restricted by law

Restrictions on consultation:

Closed for consultation. Protected material. Copyright belongs to the Crown.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright belongs to the Crown.

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With written permission from the copyright holder.

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