Life Summary

Name	Ethel Caroline Lewis
Alternative Names	Ethel Caroline Teerman
Born	24 April, 1908 Illawong, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 January, 1985 (aged 76) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Teerman, Ethel Nelson (mother) Teerman, Nelson (father)
Education *	Broken Hill Public School (NSW) (student, 1913-1916) Maitland Public School (NSW) (student, 1917-1920) Maitland Girls' High School (NSW) (student, 1921-1925) University of Sydney (student, 1926-1939)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1930-1945) New South Wales, Australia communist (1931-1985) New South Wales, Australia political activist (1931-1980) New South Wales, Australia women's activist (1931-1980) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1935-1945) New South Wales, Australia pacifist (1945-1985) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1959-1967) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Militant Minority Movement (NSW) (member) Movement Against War and Fascism (member) New South Wales Teachers Federation (organiser, ?-1945) New South Wales Teachers Federation (member, 1930-1945) Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations of New South Wales (member, 1945)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1931-1985)
Workplaces *	Ashfield Girls' High School (Sydney) (schoolteacher) Cessnock Girls' High School (NSW) (schoolteacher) Lithgow Girls' High School (NSW) (schoolteacher) Sydney Girls' High School (schoolteacher, 1930)

* Dates are approximate

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