Ivy Wedgwood

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Dame Ivy Evelyn Wedgwood, DBE (October 18, 1896 - July 24, 1975) was an Australian Senator for Victoria.

Wedgwood was the first female Senator to represent Victoria. During her 21 year term, which ran from 1950 to 1971, she became the first woman to chair a Senate Committee in 1968.