Kohn, Doris
Production date
Jun 1988
Description
Oral history recording. Doris (Dorrie) Ivy Ellen Kohn (1908-2004) was the daughter of Thomas and Maria Bocock. Born in Opunake in 1908, she spent some of her childhood at Huinga, then moved to Winsor Road near Inglewood. Dorrie's father was killed when she was 12 and she left school to help her mother, later working at Sutherlands Book Shop. Dorrie also talks about her marriage to Leo Kohn and her involvement with basketball in Taranaki. An interest in local body politics saw her elected as the first woman councillor and she was awarded a Queen's Service Medal in 1976.
Recorded: June 1988
Interviewer: Maureen Wilson
Abstraction: Florinda Lambert
Restrictions: none.
Object detail
Part 1
Tape 1 Side 1
Early childhood. Shift to Toko. Came to Inglewood in 1918 and then to a farmlet. Schooling. Describes the Purangi bus depot. Singing in church choir and operatic society. Brothers in Municipal Band. Basketball.
Tape 1 Side 2
Married Leo, an accountant with Newton King, later in partnership with Messenger. Recipient of QSM. Interested in Inglewood's welfare. Involved with Red Cross, Health Department.
Part 2
Abstract
Digital file
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