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Name	Ailsa Margaret O'Connor
Alternative Names	Ailsa Margaret Donaldson
Born	3 February, 1921 Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	3 February, 1980 (aged 59) East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (uterine)
Education *	George Bell school (Melbourne) (student, ?-?) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (student, 1937-1938) Teachers' Training College, Melbourne (student, 1939-1939)
Occupation *	art teacher (1940-1970) Victoria, Australia painter (1940-1980) Victoria, Australia schoolteacher (1940-1970) Victoria, Australia socialist realist artist (1940-1980) Victoria, Australia communist (1944-1980) Victoria, Australia sculptor (1958-1980) Victoria, Australia feminist (1970-1980) Victoria, Australia
Key Organisations *	Union of Australian Women (Vic) (member, ?-?) Union of Australian Women (Vic) (secretary, 1953-?)
Political Activism *	Vietnam war opponent Communist Party (Vic) (member, 1944-?)

* Dates are approximate

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