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Name	Elizabeth Mabel Hanson
Alternative Names	Elizabeth Mabel Walton
Born	25 March, 1909 Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Died	23 December, 1988 (aged 79) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (bladder)
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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Hanson, Edward John (husband) Hanson, Edward Joseph (father-in-law)
Education *	Brisbane Girls Grammar School (student, 1921-1922)
Occupation or Descriptor *	dressmaker (1927-1940) Queensland, Australia pacifist (1937-1988) Queensland, Australia political activist (1937-1988) Queensland, Australia women's activist (1937-1988) Queensland, Australia communist (1941-1988) Queensland, Australia
Key Organisations *	Union of Australian Women (Qld) (member, ?-?) Queensland Women's Peace Movement (member, 1937-?)
Political Activism *	ALP (Qld) (member, ?-?) Communist Party (Qld) (member, ?-1988)

* Dates are approximate

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