Fisher, Margaret (c. 1874–1958)

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Fisher, Margaret (c. 1874–1958)

Australian prime-ministerial wife and suffragist. Born Margaret Jane Irvine, c. 1874, in Gympie, Queensland, Australia; died June 15, 1958; m. Andrew Fisher (prime minister of Australia, 1908–09, 1910–13, and 1914–15), Dec 31, 1901; children: Robert (b. 1902), Margaret (b. 1904), Henry (b. 1906), Andrew (b. 1908), John (b. 1910), and James (b. 1912).

When husband became prime minister, was the 1st wife to manage a prime-ministerial residence; represented Australia at the coronation of George V (1911); while there, walked at the head of Australian and New Zealand contingent at a huge suffrage procession, 40,000 strong.

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