People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

14 March, 1926
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death

January, 2012 (aged 85)
New South Wales, Australia

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Catholic

Education

• St Brigid's (Marrickville, Sydney)

Occupation

• clerk
• public servant
• trade union official
• women's activist

Awards

• Member of the Order of Australia
• Labor Council Scroll of Honour (NSW)

Legacies

• Betty Spears Child Care Centre (Tempe, Sydney)

Key Organisations

• Unions NSW
• Federated Clerks Union of Australia (NSW)
• ALP (Dulwich Hill, NSW)
• ALP (Clovelly Branch, NSW)
• Women's Trade Union Commission
• Working Women’s Charter Committee (NSW)

Workplaces

• Vehicle Builders Employees Federation of Australia (NSW)
• Dept of Labour & National Service
• Bread Carters Industrial Federation of Australia (NSW)