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Edna Ryan (Edna Minna Nelson) was born on 15 December, 1904 in Pyrmont, New South Wales, is an Australian activist. Discover Edna Ryan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

Popular As Edna Minna Nelson
Occupation Trade unionist, writer
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 15 December, 1921
Birthday 15 December
Birthplace Pyrmont, New South Wales
Date of death 10 February, 1997
Died Place Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Nationality Australia

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Edna Ryan Height, Weight & Measurements

At 92 years old, Edna Ryan height is 5' 5" (1.65 m) .

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Height 5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Who Is Edna Ryan's Husband?

Her husband is Derek Murcott (1978 - 10 June 2008) ( his death), Jack Leonard (1948 - ?) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

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Husband Derek Murcott (1978 - 10 June 2008) ( his death), Jack Leonard (1948 - ?) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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Edna Ryan Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Edna Ryan worth at the age of 92 years old? Edna Ryan’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from Australia. We have estimated Edna Ryan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Actress

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1902

She subsequently researched and wrote Two-thirds of a Man: Women and Arbitration in New South Wales 1902–08, published in 1984.

1904

Edna Minna Ryan, née Nelson (15 December 1904 – 10 February 1997) was an Australian feminist and labour movement activist and writer, and a role model and mentor to a whole generation of women.

Mary Owen (feminist, unionist, and activist) wrote that she " may not have been the most outstanding woman in the women's movement but she has probably done more to improve the status of Australian women than any other person this century."

For former Senator Susan Ryan (no relation): "She was the most inspiring and admirable woman I have known."

Edna was born in Pyrmont.

1917

She became politically active early in life, participating in the marches through the streets of Sydney associated with General Strike of 1917 when she was still a High School student.

1920

In the 1920s she was a member of the Communist Party of Australia and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), but by 1935 she had joined the Australian Labor Party.

1928

She was involved in the first International Women's Day in Sydney in 1928, and in the labour movement as an organiser of the wives of timber workers during the Timber Workers' strike of 1929.

1956

In 1956 she was elected to Fairfield Municipal Council, becoming New South Wales' first female deputy mayor in 1958.

1972

She was a member of Fairfield Council and its successor Prospect County Council until her retirement in 1972.

1973

On her retirement from the workforce she became a member of the Women's Electoral Lobby, attending it foundational conference in 1973.

In WEL she devoted most of her activity to women in the paid work force.

1974

Her intervention on WEL's behalf in the national Minimum Wage case at the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in Melbourne in 1974, supplied data on the number of solo female breadwinners in Australia.

This information had never before presented to an industrial tribunal, and was instrumental in the decision by Judge Terry Winter to equalise the female Minimum Wage with the male award, which was another essential step in establishing the principal of 'equal pay for work of equal value' in the Australian wage system.

She was also instrumental in WEL's subsequent submission on Maternity Leave.

1975

Together with Anne Conlon she researched and wrote the first history of the long agitation for Equal Pay in Australia, published in 1975 as Gentle Invaders: Australian Women and the Workforce 1788–1974.

1985

In 1985 Edna Ryan was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Sydney.

1995

She received another honorary doctorate in 1995 from Macquarie University.

1997

Edna died in Canberra in 1997.

Edna Ryan Awards (The Ednas)

1998

The Edna Ryan Awards, also known as "the Ednas", were created in 1998 by a group of her friends and the NSW Women's Electoral Lobby to honour her life and work and to acknowledge the contributions by other women that make a feminist difference.

The Edna Ryan awards have categories for:

2017

Notable winners have included Brittany Higgins (Grand Stirrer), Our Bodies Our Choices, Ann Reynolds (Community Activism), Georgie Dent, fEMPOWER, Mary O'Sullivan, Deborah Brennan (Education), Mehreen Faruqui (Grand Stirrer, 2017), Mary Konstantopoulos, and Amanda Hill (Grand Stirrer, 2016).