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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sweden before 1945, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

你好，我是群組 into the wild (just for travel) 的管理員，我們希望將你的相片增加到此群組。

The small rocky headland Kirra Point separates Kirra Beach to the north and Coolangatta Beach to the south and is noted as one of the world's premier surf breaks. In the past, the surf break was known for producing high-quality barrels. Today sand pumping across the Tweed River mouth has filled it in and changed its character. The name of the neighborhood comes from Kirra Hill (28.1681°S 153.5333°E)[2] which is 27 meters (89 ft) above sea level,[3] which first appears on an 1883 survey plan by surveyor Mr Schneider. Although believed to be an Indigenous name, the specific language and meaning is unknown. For example, in the Yuggera language, kaiyar means white cockatoo while in the Kabi language kirran means fire. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirra,_Queensland

I'm fairly certain that the headland in the distance is not Burleigh Heads. The people are most likely on Greenmount point in the foreground with Kirra point in the background.

She must have been an exordinary lady

What an interesting woman. I've written a blog post about her with some newspaper stories that I have found. Here is one of them (you can read more on my blog post): In the October 31, 1947 edition of Stars and Stripes (newspaper), the following story appeared:

Woman Advocates Jobs for Women Or Legal Polygamy Cleveland, Oct 30 (UP) -- A forceful, outspoken woman industrialist yesterday came out for legalization of polygamy as her answer to "restrictive legislation which deprives women of their equality with men in the working world." Miss Vivien Kellems, 51, president of the Kellems Co. of Westport, Conn., said before a town hall audience that "we must have polygamy or unmarried millions of women must be given equal chances with men for jobs. "Unfortunately we do not live in a Utopia where every girl is reasonably sure of getting a husband to support her. Many women work for exactly the same reason men do--because they have to." Miss Kellems' main objection was to "restrictive" laws passed against women workers, and she added that "if every man who advocates laws making it more difficult for women to work had to be responsible for the support of one of these women he might not orate so emphatically." "As it is now, polygamy is the only answer," Miss Kellems said, although she did not elaborate on the statement.

As we say here in New Zealand, she sounds like a hard case. :)

A hard case, indeed! Sorry I missed this comment when you first wrote it. I read your blog post with interest. Her theory of polygamy and women in the workforce is intriguing to say the least.