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Anderson, Irene Joyce (c. 1917 - 1985)JP |
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| Office worker, Political candidate, Political party organiser and Housewife | |
| Born: c. 1917. Died: 6 June 1985 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | |
An active and life long member of the ALP, Irene Anderson was interested in social justice, particularly for women. She was an ALP candidate for Kirribilli in 1973. |
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Irene Aspinall married Joe Anderson, longtime General Secretary, Painters & D, Meg. Irene joined the Australian Labor Party in Marrickville and subsequently held branch office positions in the Dulwich Hill, North Sydney and Ben Boyd-Cammeray branches. She was a delegate to the Labor Women’s Organising Committee for more than 20 years, and was Treasurer of it in 1964. She was also a delegate to State and Federal Electorate Councils over many years. She was one of the Australian Delegation to the International Alliance of Women Conference in India in 1973. | |
| Sources used to compile this entry: Sydney Morning Herald, 8 June 1985 p.144; Personal knowledge of Rachel Grahame; ALP Woman souvenir magazine. 1964; Ephemera on NSW State and local elections, Box 3 , Mitchell Library collection, State Library of NSW, Sydney. | |
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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: 4 September 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1326b.htm |