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Tangney, Dorothy Margaret (1911 - 1985)Dame, DBE, BA, DipEd. |
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| Born: 13 March 1911 Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Died: 1 June 1985. | |||
In the Queen's Birthday list (8 June 1968) Dorothy Tangney became the first Western Australian born woman to be appointed Dames Commander of the British Empire for services to the Western Australian Parliament. She was a senator from 1943 until she retired in 1968. |
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| URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.nwmc.org.au/history2/biogs/tagney.htm | |
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A former schoolteacher Dorothy Tangney became the first woman member of the Australian Senate. An advocate for health and welfare, she served on the Joint Committee on Social Security 1943-1946 and served as a senator from 1943 until she retired in 1968. Dorothy Tangney featured on the 45c stamp (1973) and the electoral division of Tangney in Western Australia is named after her. Also in 1999 the street, formerly known as Administration Place (Canberra), was changed to Dorothy Tangney Place. In the Queen's Birthday list (8 June 1968) Dorothy Tangney became the first Western Australian born woman to be appointed Dames Commander of the British Empire for services to the Western Australian Parliament. | |
| Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.nwmc.org.au/history2/biogs/tagney.htm accessed 23/01/2002 http://www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy/connect/classact/polact.htm accessed 23/01/2002. | |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 4 September 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0243b.htm |