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Name	Zoe O'Leary
Alternative Names	Zoe Midgley
Born	19 December, 1902 Corinda, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	31 December, 1985 (aged 83) Greenwich, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (rectal)
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Midgley, Alfred (father)
Occupation or Descriptor *	actor (stage) (1919-1921) Queensland, Australia dancer (1919-1921) Queensland, Australia dance teacher (1931-1938) Queensland, Australia communist (1942-1985) New South Wales, Australia political activist (1942-1985) New South Wales, Australia women's activist (1942-1985) New South Wales, Australia feminist (1965-1985) New South Wales, Australia biographer (1978-1982) New South Wales, Australia
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NSW) (member, ?-1985)
Workplaces *	Tribune (Sydney) newspaper (employee, ?-?)

* Dates are approximate

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