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Board, Ruby Willmet (1880 - )

Born
15 October 1880
Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Social welfare

Summary

Following her education in Sydney, Berlin and Paris, Ruby Board devoted her time to social welfare issues. She became a Member of the Board of the Rachael Forster Hospital and for a period was President of the National Council of Women of New South Wales. During World War II, Board was president of the Women’s Voluntary National Register, a member of the executive of the Australian Comforts Fund and Defence Director of the Women’s Auxiliary National Service.

Sources used to compile this entry: Chisholm, Alec H (ed.), Who's Who in Australia, 1947, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1947, 926 pp.

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Jean Fleming Arnot - personal and professional papers, 1890-1995, 1890 - 1995, MLMSS 3147 ADD-ON 2070/1-15; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Newspaper Microcopy Reading Room

  • [Biographical cuttings on Ruby Board, public servant]; National Library of Australia Newspaper Microcopy Reading Room. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Board, Ruby W, Australian pronunciation : a handbook for the teaching of English in Australia, Teachers' College Press, Sydney, 1927, 31 pp. Details
  • Board, Ruby W, Pupil's practice book for vowel sounds, Govt. Printer, Sydney, 1928. Details

Online Resources

See also

Anne Heywood

Created: 10 October 2003, Last modified: 30 April 2009

Site-wide information and acknowledgements

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