Connie Purdue

Constance Miriam Purdue MBE (née Soljak, 23 May 1912 – 16 March 2000) was a New Zealand trade unionist. Formerly a communist and a Labour Party member, she later became a conservative Catholic and an anti-abortion activist.

Connie Purdue

Purdue photographed for the Takapuna Library in 1992
Born
Constance Miriam Purdue

(1912-05-23)23 May 1912
Auckland, New Zealand
Died16 March 2000(2000-03-16) (aged 87)
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationTrade unionist
Known forEqual pay and anti-abortion campaigner
RelativesMiriam Soljak (mother)
Rosanne Meo (niece)
Sean Fitzpatrick (great-nephew)
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