Margaret M. Powell (?–?)
This article was published:
- in the Biographical Register of the Australian Labour Movement, 1788-1975
- online in 2024
Margaret M.Powell (?-?)
Birth: Glasgow, Scotland. Place and parentage unknown. Marriage: details unknown. Had at least one son. Death: details unknown.
- Came to Australia aged two. Clothing trades worker, Melbourne. Council member of the Anti-Sweating League, Victoria, to at least July 1911.
- Member Victorian Shirt and Collar Makers’ Wages Board from its creation in 1896 to at least 1908. With May Francis, Lesbia Keogh and others campaigned for improved waged and conditions for women in clothing trades prior to World War I.
- Described in the press as ‘a little woman, with a broad, intellectual face and quiet manner.’
Weekly Times (Melbourne), 9 July 1910, p 10; Rae Frances, The politics of work. Gender and labour in Victoria 1880-1939 (Cambridge, 1993).
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- is nominated for election to the Wages Board, Age (Melbourne), 6 October 1896, p 5
- is employees representative on Wages Board, Herald (Melbourne), 24 September 1904, p 3
- profile, Herald (Melbourne), 5 July 1910, p 3
- profile, Weekly Times (Melbourne), 9 July 1910, p 10
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Harford, Lesbia Venner (colleague)
- Brodney, Maria May (colleague)
Citation details
'Powell, Margaret M. (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/powell-margaret-m-34562/text43450, accessed 27 June 2025.
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