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Reminiscences of Eliska Luwbeerova Chanlett, 1985

Creator: Chanlett, Eliska
Project: Institute of Inter-American Affairs project.
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Phys. Desc. :sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

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Scope and Contents

Childhood in Czechoslovakia; schooling in Switzerland; emigration to Brazil during World War II; work as secretary at Canadian Embassy; work with Institute of Inter-American Affairs; problems with technology transfers; met Bill Chanlett, subsequent marriage, June 1946; role of women in Brazil; work with Inter-American Commission of Women; women's movement in Latin America; Latin American mistrust of US government; impressions of US foreign policy; economic aid as a political tool; abortion; birth control

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Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1985

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