Edna Ryan (activist)

Edna Ryan
Born
Edna Minna Nelson

(1904-12-15)15 December 1904
Pyrmont, New South Wales
Died10 February 1997(1997-02-10) (aged 92)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Occupation(s)Trade unionist, writer
Known forLabour movement activism, equal pay for women
RelativesLyndall Ryan (daughter)

Edna Minna Ryan, née Nelson (15 December 1904 – 10 February 1997) was an Australian feminist and labour movement activist and writer, and a role model and mentor to a whole generation of women. Mary Owen (feminist, unionist, and activist) wrote that she " may not have been the most outstanding woman in the women's movement but she has probably done more to improve the status of Australian women than any other person this century."[1] For former Senator Susan Ryan (no relation): "She was the most inspiring and admirable woman I have known."[1]

  1. ^ a b Hutton, Marg, ed. (1997). Edna Ryan Remembered. Melbourne: New International Bookshop Co-operative. p. 31. ISBN 0-646-33048-9.