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Summerfield, Rose (1864 - 1922)

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Born
1864
Died
1922
Occupation
Activist, Feminist, Socialist and Trade Unionist
Alternative Names
  • Cadogan, Rose

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Rose Summerfield, was a women's organiser in the Australian Workers Union. She abandoned her state socialist politics, becoming disillusioned both by the Labor Party and the Australian Socialist League. She moved to New Australia in 1899.

See Mark Hearn 'Rose Summerfield's Gospel of Discontent: a Narrative of Radical Identity in Late Nineteenth Century Australia'
Labour History

See Mark Hearn, 'Summerfield, Rose Anna (1864 - 1922)', Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.

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  • Summerfield, Rose, Master and Man, Hummer, Wagga, 1892, 11 pp. [ | | Details... ]