Marie Pitt | |
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 Pitt circa 1924 | |
| Born | Marie Elizabeth Josephine McKeown 6 August 1869 |
| Died | 20 May 1948 (aged 78) |
| Other names | Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt |
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| Political party | Victorian Socialist Party |
| Partner | Bernard O'Dowd |
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist, also journalist and Unitarian. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, once much anthologised; and also wrote poetry in support of the socialist and labour movements. Marie Pitt was the companion of fellow poet and socialist Bernard O'Dowd.