Document - ANA-1939EdithCoxLtr.JPG

ANA1939EdithCoxLtr.JPG

Title

Document - ANA-1939EdithCoxLtr.JPG

Subject

Letter from English woman, Edith Cox, regarding desirability of wool for clothing

Description

Edith Cox wrote the Australian PM to express her views that rayon was not a suitable substitute for wool in clothing; that their had been many deaths already because of rayon's flammability; and that Australian wool would keep British citizens safer in wartime.

Date

1939

Citation

“Document - ANA-1939EdithCoxLtr.JPG,” Fabric of War, accessed March 28, 2024, https://fabricofwar2018.omeka.net/items/show/113.