Jean Beadle
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Jane Beadle (née Wilson) (1 January 1868 – 22 May 1942) was an Australian feminist, social worker and Labor party
member.
She was born in Clunes, Victoria
, and left school early to assist her widowed father. She worked in Melbourne's oppressive clothing factories until her marriage in 1888. She was involved in industrial action, working with striking miners and their families and organised a union of female factory workers. She joined the Women's Suffrage Alliance and, from 1898, was prominent in the Women's Political and Social Crusade.
In 1901 the Beadles moved to Western Australia
, Jean organised the Jean a Labor Women's organization at Fremantle, and when they moved to the goldfields in 1906 she formed the Eastern Goldfields Women's Labor League. She was a delegate at the first Labor Women's Conference at Perth in October 1912, and was appointed chair, a position she held for 30 years. Through her involvement with the party she was a candidate for Senate
pre-selection in 1931.
Beadle was associated with the Children's Court, in 1919 she was appointed a special magistrate, and from 1920 was one of the first women to be a sworn magistrate in Perth
.
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
member.
She was born in Clunes, Victoria
Clunes, Victoria
Clunes is a town in Victoria, Australia, located 36 kilometres north of Ballarat, in the Shire of Hepburn. At the 2006 census it had a population of 1,026.- History :...
, and left school early to assist her widowed father. She worked in Melbourne's oppressive clothing factories until her marriage in 1888. She was involved in industrial action, working with striking miners and their families and organised a union of female factory workers. She joined the Women's Suffrage Alliance and, from 1898, was prominent in the Women's Political and Social Crusade.
In 1901 the Beadles moved to Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, Jean organised the Jean a Labor Women's organization at Fremantle, and when they moved to the goldfields in 1906 she formed the Eastern Goldfields Women's Labor League. She was a delegate at the first Labor Women's Conference at Perth in October 1912, and was appointed chair, a position she held for 30 years. Through her involvement with the party she was a candidate for Senate
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...
pre-selection in 1931.
Beadle was associated with the Children's Court, in 1919 she was appointed a special magistrate, and from 1920 was one of the first women to be a sworn magistrate in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
.