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Name	Roma Catherine Gilchrist
Alternative Names	Roma Catherine Tuffin
Born	1 September, 1909 England
Died	29 October, 1983 (aged 74) Western Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (bowel)
Cultural Heritage	English 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 *	communist (1935-1960) Western Australia, Australia seamstress (1936-1950) Western Australia, Australia feminist (1973-1983) Western Australia, Australia
Groups *	Recovered Lives anthology, 2019 (member)
Key Organisations *	Modern Women's Club (Perth) (member, ?-1950) Union of Australian Women (WA) (member, 1950-1973) Union of Australian Women (WA) (vice president, 1954-1957) Union of Australian Women (WA) (president, 1957-1971)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (WA) (member, 1935)

* Dates are approximate

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