May Holman

Mary Alice Holman (18 July 1893 – 20 March 1939) was an Australian politician, the first woman in the Labor Party, and the second woman, after Edith Cowan, to become a parliamentarian. Holman was born in the New South Wales mining town of Broken Hill. She was the daughter of John Holman, a politician. When she was aged two, her father and mother, Katherine Mary (née Row), moved the family to Western Australia. Holman was married in 1914 to politician Joseph Gardiner, but the marriage was unconsummated and a divorce was finalised in 1920.

May Holman

Mary Alice Holman (18 July 1893 – 20 March 1939) was an Australian politician, the first woman in the Labor Party, and the second woman, after Edith Cowan, to become a parliamentarian. Holman was born in the New South Wales mining town of Broken Hill. She was the daughter of John Holman, a politician. When she was aged two, her father and mother, Katherine Mary (née Row), moved the family to Western Australia. Holman was married in 1914 to politician Joseph Gardiner, but the marriage was unconsummated and a divorce was finalised in 1920.