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Name	Bridgetena Smyth
Alternative Names	Bridgetena Riordan
Born	1840 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	15 February, 1898 (aged ~ 58) Morwell, Victoria, Australia
Religious Influence	Freethinker 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.
Occupation or Descriptor *	birth control advocate (1883-1898) Victoria, Australia feminist (1883-1898) Victoria, Australia secularist (1883-1898) Victoria, Australia sex reformer (1883-1898) Victoria, Australia women's activist (1883-1898) Victoria, Australia women's suffragist (1883-1898) Victoria, Australia

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