McNamara, Matilda Emilie Bertha (1853–1931)
portrait plaque of Bertha McNamara, by Lyndon Dadswell, 1931
Biographical Entries
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- McNamara, William Henry (husband)
- McNamara, William Morris (son)
- McNamara, Clarice (daughter-in-law)
- Lawson, Henry (son-in-law)
- Lang, John Thomas (son-in-law)
- Pankhurst, Adela Constantia (friend)
- Cassidy, Lucy Maria (acquaintance)
- O'Sullivan, Christopher Michael (acquaintance)
- Dadswell, Lyndon Raymond (artist)
- Stone, Walter William (related entry)
portrait plaque of Bertha McNamara, by Lyndon Dadswell, 1931
National Library of Australia, 52323749
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Kalkstein, Matilda
- Bredt, Matilda
Birth
28 September,
1853
Poznan,
Poland
Death
1 August,
1931
(aged 77)
North Sydney, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
Cultural Heritage
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor
- boarding house operator
- bookseller
- feminist
- pamphleteer
- socialist
- travelling sales personnel
- women's activist
- women's suffragist
Legacies
Key Organisations
- Labor Women's Central Organising Committee (NSW)
- Social Democratic Federation of Australasia
- Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales