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[[File:Helena Catherine Marfell OBE (1896-1981) c1949.png|thumb|Helena Catherine Marfell OBE (1896–1981) c1949, founding member of Country Women's Association (CWA)]] |
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| ⚫ | The child of grazier Archibald Glen and his second wife Rachel, ''née'' Pratt, she attended Camperdown Church of England Grammar School and Hohenlohe College in [[Warrnambool]]. She married grain merchant Henry George Marfell on 26 December 1918 at [[Kariah, Victoria|Kariah]] in a [[Presbyterian]] ceremony, and as a wife and mother also worked as an accountant for her husband's business. She became deeply involved in the community, serving as senior district superintendent of the [[Australian Red Cross]] (1939–1945) and on the committee of the Warrnambool and District Base Hospital (1942–1952).<ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |
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| ⚫ | The child of grazier Archibald Glen and his second wife Rachel, ''née'' Pratt, she attended Camperdown Church of England Grammar School and Hohenlohe College in [[Warrnambool]]. She married [[grain trade|grain merchant]] Henry George Marfell on 26 December 1918 at [[Kariah, Victoria|Kariah]] in a [[Presbyterian]] ceremony, and as a wife and mother also worked as an accountant for her husband's business. She became deeply involved in the community, serving as senior district superintendent of the [[Australian Red Cross]] (1939–1945) and on the committee of the Warrnambool and District Base Hospital (1942–1952).<ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |
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Marfell was one of the six founding members of the Country Women's Association of Victoria in 1928 and founded the Warrnambool branch in 1931. She was president of the south-west Victorian division (1938–1939, 1940–1942) and state president (1942–1945) before being elected the first president of the [[Country Women's Association of Australia]] in 1945. In 1946 she served on a committee chaired by [[Dorothy Tangney]] to advise on the legal obligation that wives take their husbands' nationality, which led to the removal of the obligation. In 1949, having stepped down as CWA president, she was elected president of the Victorian [[Australian Country Party|Country Party]]'s women's section, standing as the candidate for the unwinnable seat of [[Division of Wannon|Wannon]] at [[Australian federal election |
Marfell was one of the six founding members of the Country Women's Association of Victoria in 1928 and founded the Warrnambool branch in 1931. She was president of the south-west Victorian division (1938–1939, 1940–1942) and state president (1942–1945) before being elected the first president of the [[Country Women's Association of Australia]] in 1945. In 1946 she served on a committee chaired by [[Dorothy Tangney]] to advise on the legal obligation that wives take their husbands' nationality, which led to the removal of the obligation. In 1949, having stepped down as CWA president, she was elected president of the Victorian [[Australian Country Party (1920)|Country Party]]'s women's section, standing as the candidate for the unwinnable seat of [[Division of Wannon|Wannon]] at [[1949 Australian federal election|that year's federal election]]. Her preferences helped ensure the election of [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] candidate [[Dan Mackinnon]]. Her term as CP women's president expired in 1950 and she moved to [[Geelong]] in 1952, and was sworn in as a justice of the peace in 1953<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23236709|title=J.P.'s sworn in|date=1953-04-02|work=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)|access-date=2018-10-26|pages=7}}</ref> and became a special magistrate of the Children's Court in 1957. Marfell died in 1981 at Geelong.<ref name=adb/> |
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Latest revision as of 00:25, 25 August 2024
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Helena Catherine Marfell OBE (née Glen; 4 August 1896 – 2 November 1981) was an Australian community worker who was the first president of the Country Women's Association of Australia (1945–1947).
The child of grazier Archibald Glen and his second wife Rachel, née Pratt, she attended Camperdown Church of England Grammar School and Hohenlohe College in Warrnambool. She married grain merchant Henry George Marfell on 26 December 1918 at Kariah in a Presbyterian ceremony, and as a wife and mother also worked as an accountant for her husband's business. She became deeply involved in the community, serving as senior district superintendent of the Australian Red Cross (1939–1945) and on the committee of the Warrnambool and District Base Hospital (1942–1952).[1]
Marfell was one of the six founding members of the Country Women's Association of Victoria in 1928 and founded the Warrnambool branch in 1931. She was president of the south-west Victorian division (1938–1939, 1940–1942) and state president (1942–1945) before being elected the first president of the Country Women's Association of Australia in 1945. In 1946 she served on a committee chaired by Dorothy Tangney to advise on the legal obligation that wives take their husbands' nationality, which led to the removal of the obligation. In 1949, having stepped down as CWA president, she was elected president of the Victorian Country Party's women's section, standing as the candidate for the unwinnable seat of Wannon at that year's federal election. Her preferences helped ensure the election of Liberal candidate Dan Mackinnon. Her term as CP women's president expired in 1950 and she moved to Geelong in 1952, and was sworn in as a justice of the peace in 1953[2] and became a special magistrate of the Children's Court in 1957. Marfell died in 1981 at Geelong.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Crook, Karen (2012). "Marfell, Helena Catherine (1896-1981)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 18. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "J.P.'s sworn in". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 2 April 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
External links
[edit]- Marfell, Helena Catherine at The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
