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Soderstrom, Violet Elizabeth (Peggy)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1899 - 1992

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

SODERSTROM, Violet Elizabeth (Peggy) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box: 59
Identifier: H0475
Overview This interview was commissioned by Women's Division of Federated Farmers for a project entitled Pioneer Women. Violet Elizabeth Peggy Soderstrom was born Torquay, England. In this interview Peggy gives her family background - father a teacher at Torquay School of Art. She describes her education at a Convent School run by French Nuns, her first employment and her enlistment as a WREN in 1916 at Torquay. She gives her reasons for coming to New Zealand and mentions the Victorious Scheme for the...
Dates: 1990