Dictionary of Sydney

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Macnamara, Bertha

Activist considered to be the mother of the Australian Labor movement. Personal hardship opened her eyes to the workings of capitalism and she spent her life fighting for women's rights through her socialist bookshop and often speaking publicly at the Domain .

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Born
Posen, Poland
1856
Died
Sydney
1931
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