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Name	Clarice McNamara
Alternative Names	Clarice Irwin
Born	11 July, 1901 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Died	25 January, 1990 (aged 88) Seventeen Mile Rocks, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Related Entries	[View as tree] McNamara, William Morris (husband)
Education *	Sydney Teachers' College (student, 1919-1921)
Occupation or Descriptor *	political activist (1922-1970) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1922-1930) New South Wales, Australia socialist (1922-1988) New South Wales, Australia women's activist (1922-1970) New South Wales, Australia educationist (1930-1970) New South Wales, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1982-1984) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	New Education Fellowship (federal) (secretary, ?-?) Friends of the Soviet Union (NSW) (member, 1930-1940) Educational Workers' League (NSW) (member, 1931-?) New Education Fellowship (NSW) (member, 1937-?) New Education Fellowship (NSW) (secretary, 1938-?)

* Dates are approximate

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