WELFARE WORKER DIES

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20730, 14 February 1939, Page 3

WELFARE WORKER DIES

LATE MRS S. E. 0. SNOW WORK FOR LABOUR MOVEMENT (By Telcgraprj.—Frrss Association) WELLINGTON, Monday Well known for her work for the welfare of women and children, Mrs Sarah Ellen Oliver Snow died at her aome in Ghuznne Street, Wellington, to-night. She had been a member of the Wellington Hospital Board at intervals for the last 25 years and continuously for the last 13 years. Mrs Snow was born in Wellington in 1864. She was the first woman member elected to the Wellington School Committees’ Association. She was a prominent member of the Wellington North branch of the Labour Party amd had been a delegate to the Labour Representation Committee since its formation. She took prominent part in Blenheim in an endeavour to obtain the franchise for women. She ilso took an important part in the formation of the Housewives’ Union, which was later merged into the Women’s Branch of the Labour Party. For some time she was an associate member of the National Council of Women. Mrs Snow was knocked down by a tram-car after a special meeting of Ihe Hospital Board on January 19 and lid not, recover from the shock of the iccidcnt.