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Life Summary

Name	Gwendoline Gloria Phelan
Alternative Names	Gwendoline Gloria Reid Gwendoline Gloria Laird
Born	15 February, 1911 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Died	2 October, 1981 (aged 70) Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Education *	University of Queensland (student, 1929-1932)
Occupation *	schoolteacher (1933-1935) Queensland, Australia schoolteacher (1940-1943) Queensland, Australia communist (1941-1952) Queensland, Australia journalist (1941-1952) Queensland, Australia communist (1952-1981) New South Wales, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1956-1981) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1956-1959) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1959-1966) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (activist supporting it, ?-?) New South Wales Teachers Federation (member, 1956-1981) Correspondence School Teachers Association (NSW) (member, 1959-?) Correspondence School Teachers Association (NSW) (vice president, 1959-?) New South Wales Teachers Federation (research officer, 1959-1966) New South Wales Teachers Federation (honorary life member, 1976-1981)
Political Activism *	Equal pay campaign (activist supporting it, ?-?) Communist Party (Qld) (member, 1941-1952) Communist Party (Qld) (member, 1952-1981)
Workplaces *	Townsville Grammar School (Qld) (teacher, 1940-1943) North Queensland Guardian newspaper (journalist, 1941-1952) Sydney Technical High School (teacher, 1956-1956)

* Dates are approximate