Margaret Elizabeth (Marge) Tucker 1904 - 1996

1904 born Warrangesda Mission, New South Wales 1917 removed from family and sent to Cootamundra Girls Home 1930s campaigns with William Cooper, Doug Nicholls and Bill Onus 1932 co-founder of Australian Aborigines League 1938 on Victorian woman at "Day of Mourning" protest in Sydney 1963 co-founder United Aboriginal & Islander Womens Council 1964 first woman appointed to Victorian Aborigines Welfare Board 1968 awarded and OBE 1996 died