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Walsh, Adela Pankhurst (1885 - 1961) |
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| Suffragette and activist for women’s and workers’ rights, Adela Pankhurst-Walsh began her career as a paid organiser for the Women’s Social and Political Union, an organisation founded in England by her mother and sisters. She arrived in Australia in 1914 and soon found work as an organiser for Vida Goldstein. She was a member of the Women’s Political Association and Women’s Peace Army. She married Tom Walsh of the Federated Seamen’s Union of Australasia in 1917 and became a foundation member of the Communist Party of Australia, from which she would soon withdraw. She also wrote for the Seamen's Journal. Pankhurst-Walsh became increasingly known as an anti-communist and toured extensively during the Depression on behalf of the Australian Women’s Guild of Empire, speaking about improved working conditions and workplace relations. |
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Published by University of Melbourne, 7 March 2002 Based on "Parties to the Award" published 1994. Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 29 June 2006 http://www.atua.org.au/biogs/ALE1124b.htm |