- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE3981
Wright, Mary
- Birth name Lamm, Mary
- Occupation Trade unionist, Women's rights activist
Summary
Mary Wright was a labour activist and feminist with a long history of militantly supporting the rights of Australian women and workers. She was a founding member in the 1920s of the Militant Women’s Movement – the central women’s department of the Communist Party of Australia. Her husband, Tom, was an important figure in Australian labour history.
Archival resources
- National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University
- State Library of New South Wales
Published resources
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Newspaper
- The Woman Worker, Militant Women's Movement, 1928, http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3919357
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Resource
- Trove: Wright, Mary (1903-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-508679