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Name	Emily Bennett
Alternative Names	Emily McNamarra
Born	29 January, 1871 Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	10 May, 1941 (aged 70) Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Anglican Theosophist Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Street, Jessie Mary (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	feminist (1914-1941) New South Wales, Australia women's activist (1914-1941) New South Wales, Australia political activist (1920-1941) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate