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Life Summary

Name	Eileen Louisa Powell
Alternative Names	Eileen Louisa Coleman-Browne
Born	3 August, 1913 Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 July, 1997 (aged 83) St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	dementia
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] Huntress, Myra Agnes (colleague) Budd, Valerie Maud (colleague) Ross, Lloyd Robert (colleague) Spears, Betty Monica (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	industrial arbitration advocate (1934-1934) New South Wales, Australia clerk (1937-1941) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1937-1941) New South Wales, Australia industrial arbitration advocate (1939-1941) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1941-1945) Federal, Australia trade union official (1946-1974) New South Wales, Australia labour party organiser (1949-1951) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	League of Women Voters (NSW) (member, ?-?) Union of Australian Women (NSW) (member, ?-1954) United Associations of Women (NSW) (member, ?-?) United Nations Association (NSW) (committee member, ?-?) Federated Clerks Union of Australia (NSW) (member, 1941-1945)
Political Activism *	Labor Women's Central Organising Committee (NSW) (member, ?-?) ALP (NSW) (member, 1928-?) Equal pay campaign (1934) Labor Women's Central Organising Committee (NSW) (secretary, 1949-?) Labor Women's Central Organising Committee (NSW) (vice president, 1967-1970)
Workplaces *	2KY radio station (Sydney) (broadcaster, 1934-1937) Unions NSW (employee, 1934-1937) Australian Railways Union (NSW) (organiser, 1937-1974) Australian Railways Union (NSW) (clerk, 1937) Dept of Labour & National Service (public servant, 1941-1945) 2KY radio station (Sydney) (broadcaster, 1944-?) Australian Railways Union (NSW) (organiser, 1946-1974)

* Dates are approximate