Florence Anderson (née Meyer; 1871–1949)[1][2][3] was the first female trade union secretary in Victoria, Australia.

[4] Anderson was elected the Victorian Secretary of the Miscellaneous Workers Union (the "missos") in 1930, holding office until 1946.

The work is of a domestic nature, and it is proved beyond a doubt that the women make the better cleaners, besides being cheaper than male labor.

These poor women have been buoyed up in the past with the hope, when their children reached a working age, they could supplement the income and make the burden lighter for them.

The tragedy of it all is that for the past two years not in one case out of ten can the children find employment, and the unfortunate mother discovers that today her purchasing power has rapidly declined.