Kathleen Clare O'Keefe (9 January 1883 – 9 September 1949) was an Australian public servant and campaigner for equal pay for women.

[1] In 1927 the Public Service Association of NSW (PSA) negotiated the first clerical award for women employees of the New South Wales government and she was involved.

[2] Two years later she campaigned for amendments to the 1902 Public Service Act to include equal pay for women.

[2] In October 1937 the Industrial Arbitration (Amendment) Act increased the basic weekly salary of civil servants to £3 16s.

[3] She and another PSA stalwart Dorothy Beveridge were among those who lobbied to have women who were qualified public servants to be given permanent and not temporary contracts.