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Ellen Mary Flanagan, née Jones (1859-1936) feminist, Labor activist and trade union leader
Birth: 24 January 1859 in Shannon View (Broulee), New South Wales, daughter of Margaret Gordon. Informally adopted by her mother’s employer Robert Jones (d.1863), storekeeper, and his wife Ellen Mary, née Harper (1822-1908). Marriage: (1) 2 December 1876 to John Joseph North (1850 -1917). They had three daughters before they were divorced. (2) 20 January 1894 in Sydney, to William Manton Flanagan, railway employee. They, too, divorced. Death: 23 August 1936 in North Curl Curl, North Sydney. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
Suzy Baldwin (ed), Unsung Heroes & Heroines of Australia (Elwood, Victoria, 1988), pp. 85-86 [has some incorrect information]; Edna Ryan and Ann Conlon, Gentle Invaders:Australian Women at Work (Ringwood, Vic, 1975).
'Flanagan, Ellen Mary (1859–1936)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/flanagan-ellen-mary-32449/text40247, accessed 6 December 2024.
24 January,
1859
Broulee,
New South Wales,
Australia
23 August,
1936
(aged 77)
North Curl Curl, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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.