- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2071
Bignold, Marie May
(1927 – 2018)- Born 14 September 1927, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia
- Died 11 October 2018, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Lawyer, Parliamentarian
Summary
Marie Bignold was a member of the Call To Australia Group (CTA). She was a member of the directly elected Legislative Council from 1984-1991; she was elected on 5 December 1984. Bignold was the first woman lawyer to take a seat in the Legislative Council.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Bignold, Marie May (1927-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-730056
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html
- Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE2071b.htm