Morison, Harriet (1862–1925)

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Morison, Harriet (1862–1925)

New Zealand feminist and labor activist. Born Harriet Russell Morison in Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, Ireland, probably June 1862; died Aug 19, 1925, at home in New Lynn, New Zealand; dau. of Margaret Clark Morison and James Morison (master tailor); never married; no children.

Moved to New Zealand (1874); worked in garment trade and established 1st women's union, Tailoresses' Union (1889); served as secretary of union and became factory inspector (1906); worked for Labour Department as head of Women's Employment Bureau (1908–13); also worked as suffragist, temperance worker, and in Unitarian Church as chair of church committee.

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