Ellen Mulcahy, the eldest child of a post-famine Irish immigrant family, and a long-serving State school teacher entered a remarkable period of political activism at Trades Hall, in Parkville and North Melbourne in her retirement.
Join Wendy Dick, Australian Industrial Relations Commission Centennial Prize winner and Aileen Sarsfield at this local history talk on pioneering women.
Wendy Dick has had a long career in education. Her doctoral dissertation, 'Ellen Mulcahy: a study of her work and life' was awarded the Australian Industrial Relations Commission Centennial Prize in 2012.
Aileen Sarsfield is a descendant of the Mulcahy family. She practiced as a lawyer in a city legal firm and was later employed as a senior lawyer in successive government and semi-government bodies.
Free event