Samuelene "Lena" Purcell (25 July 1898 – 20 December 1982) was a New Zealand shop assistant and trade unionist. She was born in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand in 1898. She was active as a trade unionist from the 1920s to the 1960s and, alongside Alice Cossey of the tailoresses' union, was Auckland's most prominent female unionist during that time.[1]
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edit- ^ Street, Maryan. "Samuelene Purcell". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
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