Emma Miller was an English-born Australian pioneer trade union organiser, suffragist, and key figure in organisations which led to the founding of the Australian Labor Party in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
10 Facts About Emma Miller
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Emma Miller's parents had strong Unitarian beliefs and were active in the Chartist movement.
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In 1874 Emma Miller married William Calderwood, and they migrated with Emma Miller's children to Queensland, arriving in 1879.
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Calderwood died in 1880, and Emma Miller married Andrew Emma Miller in Brisbane in 1886.
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In Queensland, Emma Miller worked as a gentlemen's shirt maker and seamstress.
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Emma Miller became colloquially known as "Mother Miller", as she was the most dominant female figure in the Queensland labour movement.
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Emma Miller was a founding member of the Women's Equal Franchise Association, which was established in 1894 and almost immediately suffered a split.
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Emma Miller held the position until 1905, when the organisation disbanded on the successful attainment of women's suffrage.
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In January 1917 Emma Miller travelled to Toowoomba for several weeks rest.
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The electoral district of Emma Miller created in the 2017 Queensland state electoral redistribution was named after her.