- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0181
Benjamin, Phyllis Jean
- The Honourable, AO, MBE
- Born 1907, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
- Died 1996
- Occupation Parliamentarian
Summary
Phyllis Benjamin was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire on 31 May 1956 for services as a member of the Legislative Council in Tasmania. On 26 January 1977 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). From 1968 to 1969 Benjamin was leader of the Upper House in Tasmania – the first woman in Australia to be appointed to the position.
Events
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1926
Married A H Benjamin
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1939 - 1945
Red Cross work
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1950 - 1954
Member of the Tasmania Labor Party Executive
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1952 - 1962
Tasmanian President of the Federal Association Australian Housewives
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1952 - 1953
Federal President of the Federal Association Australian Housewives
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1952 - 1975
Member (ALP) of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for the electorate of Hobart
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1956 - 1968
Deputy leader of the Upper House
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1956
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) (MBE)
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1967 - 1968
Federal President of the Federal Association Australian Housewives
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1968 - 1969
Leader of the Upper House (first woman)
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1972 - 1976
Deputy Leader of the Upper House
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1977
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders
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Resource
- Trove: Benjamin, Phyllis Jean (1907-1996), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-775052