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Name	Elizabeth Mary Reilly
Alternative Names	Elizabeth Mary McCann
Born	15 November, 1910 Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	29 November, 2002 (aged 92) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] O'Day, Gerald Patrick (colleague) Grant, Jessie Agnes (colleague) Hurd, Ronald William (colleague)
Occupation *	communist (1937-1940) Victoria, Australia communist (1940-2002) New South Wales, Australia textile worker (1940-1952) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1941-1952) New South Wales, Australia clerk (1955-1970) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	Textile Workers Strike (1941) (participant) Textile Workers Strike (1943) (union leader)
Key Organisations *	Australian Textile Workers' Union (Vic) (organiser, 1941-1952)
Political Activism *	Union of Australian Women (NSW) (member, ?-?) Communist Party (Vic) (member, 1937-1940) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1940-2002)

* Dates are approximate

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