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Australian Women
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O'Connell, Maude (1884 - 1965) |
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| Community worker and Trade unionist | ||
| Born: 30 June 1884 Beaufort, Victoria, Australia. Died: 13 December 1965 St Vincent's Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. | ||
Maude O'Connell worked as a teacher and completed nursing training before becoming involved in social work. She was elected a Governor of the Carlton Refuge in 1909, and was an active member of the Tobacco Workers' Union before founding "The Company of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament" (more commonly known as: 'The Grey Sisters'). |
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| URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.users.bigpond.com/familycaresrs/Foundress.html | |
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The daughter of Patrick Martin and Rosina (née Hosking) O'Connell, Maude O'Connell worked as a teacher and completed her nursing training before becoming an active member of the Labor Party. She was the Catholic Church's delegate on many committees and councils dealing with industrial and social matters. O'Connell worked with the Charity Sisters working in the slums, and the Good Shepherd Sisters assisting girls who came before the courts. Also she tried to improve the conditions of women factory workers by working alongside them and becoming a union official. In 1930 O'Connell, now in her late forties, established a rest home at Daylesford, where she took mothers and children, especially from the slum areas of inner Melbourne for respite care. Later she set up schools for Mother Craft Training, Rest Homes for Mothers, and provided Home Help for needy families, and Parent Education classes. | |
| Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.users.bigpond.com/familycaresrs/Foundress.html 2002-02-08 and http://www.catholicvocation.org.au/FamilyCareSisters.html 2002-02-08. | |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 23 December 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0321b.htm |