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Life Summary

Name	Mary Patricia Miller
Alternative Names	Mary Patricia Kinnane Mary Patricia Warren
Born	9 February, 1920 Yorketown, South Australia, Australia
Died	22 June, 2003 (aged 83) Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Religious Influence	Catholic 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.
Education *	Cabra Dominican College (SA) (student, 1932-1935)
Occupation or Descriptor *	factory worker (1941-1945) South Australia, Australia political activist (1941-2003) South Australia, Australia trade union official (1941-1945) South Australia, Australia women's activist (1941-2003) South Australia, Australia actor (stage) (1945-1960) South Australia, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1950-1970) South Australia, Australia pacifist (1950-2003) South Australia, Australia schoolteacher (1956-1965) South Australia, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1994)
Key Organisations *	Aboriginal Advancement League (SA) (member) Aboriginal Education Foundation (SA) (member) ACTU (delegate) Council of Women in War Work (SA) (member) Council on the Ageing (SA) (member) Older Women's Committee (Adelaide) (member) Retired Union Members Association (SA) (member) SA Unions (delegate) Arms Explosives & Munition Workers Federation of Australia (SA) (member, 1941) Australian Peace Council (SA) (organiser, 1945-1950) New Theatre (Adelaide) (member, 1945-1960)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (SA) (member, 1945-1956)

* Dates are approximate