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- [194-]? (Creation)
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74 l. ; 28 cm.
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Journalist, editor and political activist Jennie Scott Griffiths was born on 30 October 1975 in the United States of America. Raised in Texas, she developed an early interest in law and radical thought, and first worked as a court reporter before travelling to Fiji where she married newspaper proprietor Arthur Griffiths and edited the Fiji Times. After moving to Sydney in 1913, she became vocal advocate for anti-conscription, women's rights and socialism. She performed editorial duties at the Australian Women's Weekly until she was dismissed for opposing conscription in 1916. She was active in the Labor Party, Women's Peace Army, and various other social organisations. By 1917, Griffiths had embraced revolutionary politics, supporting the general strike in New South Wales and later moving to Queensland, where she led protests, campaigned for imprisoned radicals, and played an important role in the 1919 Red Flag Riots. In 1920, disillusioned with the paling revolutionary movement, she returned to the United States where she remained politically active, contributing to the Industrial Workers of the World and the National Women's Party. She died on 29 June 1951 in San Francisco, survived by her husband, six sons and three daughters.
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Autobiography of Jennie Scott Griffiths.
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- English
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The Australian women's register, AWH003703
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Bound typescript (photocopy).
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- Griffiths, Jennie Scott, 1875-1951 (Subject)
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Revised, AM, 01-Jun-2020.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.