1885 - 1971
Isabel McCorkindale
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1884
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| Birthplace |
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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| Died |
1971
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| Place of Death |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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| Occupation Text |
Temperance advocate
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| Year(s) Active |
1920s-1960s
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Isabella McCorkindale (1885–1971), known as Isabel McCorkindale, was a Scottish-born Australian temperance, women's suffrage and women's rights activist. She was a leader in both the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Australasia (WCTUA) and the World Women's Christian Temperance Union (WWCTU). As director of scientific temperance education for the WCTUA, she spent more than 40 years working to educate young people about the health and social consequences of alcohol abuse. She was international president of WWCTU from 1959 to 1962, after serving as vice-president from 1947 to 1959. She then served as national president for the Australian WCTU from 1963 to 1966. In 1961, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her work.
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