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Mousmoutis, Stavroula

TitleMousmoutis, Stavroula
Family NameMousmoutis
Given Name(s)Stavroula
GenderFemale
Short DescriptionStavroula was born in 1932 into a poor agricultural family on the Ionian island of Kefalonia. She lost her mother when she was twelve and was brought up by her stepmother. She experienced WWII and the occupation of Greece by the German army. She travelled to Australia to join her brother. In Sydney, she worked as a seamstress and married. She struggled through a difficult marriage with a man who suffered from mental illness and was prone to violence.
Birth Date1932

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