For biographies and individual interviews see Nancy Buker and Caroline Green.
Amy Milner nee Avery is the sister of Caroline Green (1900-1990). She was born in London, England, the child of a bricklayer. She emigrated to Canada during the Depression. Her husband, Henry Milner (1891-1972) worked as an apartment manager and in 1941, Amy began work at the British Ropes factory.
Sisters Caroline and Amy describe their individual jobs working in wire rope making and being a machinist at 13-years-old in a British laundry; immigrating to Canada; threatening suicide to get a job at British Ropes in Vancouver in 1941; shift work making precision airplane parts at Boeing during WWII; nursing St. Paul’s hospital after WWII; housekeeping in an apartment; journeyman training at Boeing. Buker discusses her work in the Vancouver shipyards 1941-42 (tape three).
Title: [Nancy Buker, Caroline Green, A. Milner – 1/3]
Creator: Diamond, Sara
Contributor: Buker, Nancy; Green, Caroline; Milner, A.
Subject: Women–Employment–British Columbia ; Women labor union members–British Columbia ; Women–Employment–British Columbia–History–20th century
Date Created: 1979
Type: Audio recording
Genre: Interviews
Extent: 1 audio cassette
Format: audio/mp3
Language: English
Identifier: SD_WLHP_455_03A1
Is Part Of: Sara Diamond fonds
Series: Women’s Labour History Project
Source: Original Format: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Sara Diamond fonds.
Rights: Media provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use of this media must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.
Title: [Nancy Buker, Caroline Green, A. Milner – 2/3]
Creator: Diamond, Sara
Contributor: Buker, Nancy; Green, Caroline; Milner, A.
Subject: Women–Employment–British Columbia ; Women labor union members–British Columbia ; Women–Employment–British Columbia–History–20th century
Date Created: 1979
Type: Audio recording
Genre: Interviews
Extent: 1 audio cassette
Format: audio/mp3
Language: English
Identifier: SD_WLHP_455_03A2
Is Part Of: Sara Diamond fonds
Series: Women’s Labour History Project
Source: Original Format: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Sara Diamond fonds.
Rights: Media provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use of this media must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.
Title: [Nancy Buker, Caroline Green, A. Milner – 3/3]
Creator: Diamond, Sara
Contributor: Buker, Nancy; Green, Caroline; Milner, A.
Subject: Women–Employment–British Columbia ; Women labor union members–British Columbia ; Women–Employment–British Columbia–History–20th century
Date Created: 1979
Type: Audio recording
Genre: Interviews
Extent: 1 audio cassette
Format: audio/mp3
Language: English
Identifier: SD_WLHP_455_03B
Is Part Of: Sara Diamond fonds
Series: Women’s Labour History Project
Source: Original Format: The VIVO Media Arts Centre. Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives. Sara Diamond fonds.
Rights: Media provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use of this media must be obtained from the Crista Dahl Media Library & Archives.