- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4447
McNamara, Matilda Emilie Bertha
(1853 – 1931)- Nationality Australian
- Born 28 September, 1853, Posen Prussia (Poland)
- Died 1 August, 1931, North Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Bookseller, Feminist, Political activist
Summary
Bertha McNamara’s experience as a widow trying to rear six children prompted her interest in radical politics. She published pamphlets on socialism and with her second husband, William McNamara, opened a radical bookshop in Castlereagh Street in Sydney in the 1890s. She was a member of the Social Democratic Federation of Australasia and of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales. In addition she was a founder of the Labor Women’s Central Organising Committee.
Published resources
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Resource Section
- McNamara, Matilda Emilie Bertha (1853-1931), Burgmann, Verity, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100341b.htm
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Resource
- Trove: McNamara, Matilda Emilie Bertha (18530928-19310801), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462803