• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE4426

O’Connor, Ailsa Margaret

  • Maiden name Donaldson, Ailsa Margaret
(1921 – 1980)
  • Born 1921, Melbourne Victoria Australia
  • Died 1980, Melbourne Victoria Australia
  • Occupation Activist, Artist, Teacher

Summary

Ailsa O’Connor was a radical artist who was a member of the Social Realist Group and the Contemporary Art Society in Melbourne. She joined the Communist party in 1944 and was a founding member of the Union of Australian Women in 1953. She participated in the feminist movement during the 1970s.

Events

  • 2001

    Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women

Published resources

  • Edited Book
    • Australian Feminism: A Companion, Caine, Barbara, Gatens, Moira et al., 1998
  • Book
    • Ailsa O'Connor 1921-1980 : sculpture, paintings and drawings, O'Connor, Ailsa, 1988
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