Constance Markievicz
Irish republican and labour activist
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Dot De Lany
New Zealand trade unionist
Nan Clark
As one of the few women to gain a prominent position in the union hierarchy, Clark blazed a trail in the essentially masculine union world of mid-1900s New Zealand.
Lena Purcell
Purcell’s years of trade union activism spanned the depression, the term of the first Labour government, the introduction of compulsory unionism and the 40-hour week, and the ongoing campaign for equal pay for women workers. Her influence extended beyond her own unions, through the Auckland Trade Union Secretaries’ Association and, nationally, through the New Zealand Federated Shop Assistants’ Association.
Connie Birchfield
New Zealand communist activist
Min Stuart
On her retirement in 1951, after 35 years’ service, Stuart fought successfully to obtain the same retiring allowance – six months’ full pay – that men received, rather than the half-pay allowance usually given to women. The determination she displayed set an example for other women to follow; after a long campaign, equal pay was implemented by the Post Office in the early 1960s.
Freda Cook
New Zealand labor and women’s rights activist
Sheila Conroy
Irish trade unionist, social activist and administrator
Josephine Shaw Lowell
American philanthropist and social worker
Winnie Carney
Irish trade unionist, feminist, and republican