Marianne Allen Tasker

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Marianne Allen Tasker (1852–1911) was a New Zealand domestic servant, feminist, community leader and trade unionist. She was born in Brighton, Sussex, England in 1852.{{DNZB|title=Marianne Allen Tasker|first= Brigid|last= Pike|id=2t10|accessdate=23 April 2017}} Living in Gisborne she represented the Women's Democratic Union in the founding year of the National Council of Women of New Zealand (1896), and served as a Vice President from 1897 to 1900.{{cite book |last1=Holt |first1=Betty |title=Women in Council: A History of The National Council of Women of New Zealand, 1896-1979 |date=1980 |publisher=The National Council of Women of New Zealand |location=Wellington, NZ |page=123}}

She was a founding member of the Anti-Chinese League.{{cite news |title=National Council of Women |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18960418.2.46 |access-date=9 October 2024 |work=Otago Daily Times |date=April 18, 1896|page=6}}