During her interview, Mrs. Strehlow concentrated on the problems of being a young mother, with three children by the time of the war. As a family whose income put them towards the bottom of the working class, Mrs. Strehlow emphasizes that life was at times as difficult during the war as it had been for her during the depression. Her husband was stuck, due to war necessity, in a low paying job, that also damaged his heath, as Mrs. Strehlow graphically illustrates. She is also able to offer insight into the feelings that she had as a woman with brothers who were away fighting the war. Other topics that she discusses include: housing shortages during and after the war, the status of the Catholic Church in urban, ethnic areas, child care, recreation during the war in the city, and her opinions on the way that the war was fought and the political ramifications of the war.
