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Wedgwood, Ivy Evelyn (1896 - 1975)

Senator Dame, DBE

Born
18 October 1896
Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Died
24 July 1975
Occupation
Parliamentarian

Summary

Liberal Senator for Victoria (1950 to 1971, retired), Ivy Wedgwood was appointed to The Order of the British Empire - Dames Commander on 10 June 1967 for services to Parliament.

Details

Wedgwood was the first woman elected to the Senate from the State of Victoria. Retiring after 21 years in 1971 she was the first woman to chair a Senate Committee in 1968. From 1962 to 1971 Wedgwood was Temporary Chairman of Committees.
The National Library of Australia manuscript biography advises:
"She was a campaigner for improved facilities for handicapped people ... and a was a member of the group that met in 1944 to found the Liberal Party."
Dame Wedgwood passed away in 1975.

Sources used to compile this entry: Scobie, Doug, 'Wedgwood, Dame Ivy Evelyn Annie (1896-1975)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160614b.htm.

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Papers, [manuscript] 1928-1972, 1928 - 1972, MS 5159; Wedgwood, Ivy Evelyn (1896 - 1975), Wedgewood, Ivy Dame; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

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See also

  • Fitzherbert, Margaret, So Many Firsts: Liberal Women from Enid Lyons to the Turnbull Era, The Federation Press, Leichhardt, NSW, 2009, 286 pp. Details
  • Legge, J S (ed.), Who's who in Australia, 1971, 20 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1971, 1024 pp. Details

Anne Heywood

Created: 24 April 2002, Last modified: 11 July 2007

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