Ivy Wedgwood
| Dame Ivy Wedgwood DBE | |
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| Senator for Victoria | |
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In office 22 February 1950 – 30 June 1971 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 October 1896 Malvern, Melbourne, Australia |
| Died |
24 July 1975 (aged 78) Toorak, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Jack Kearns Wedgwood (7 October 1921 – 24 July 1975; her death) |
Dame Ivy Evelyn Annie Wedgwood, DBE (née Drury; 18 October 1896 – 24 July 1975) was an Australian Senator for Victoria.
Ivy Evelyn Annie Drury was born to Albert Drury, a farmer, and his wife Elizabeth (née Evans) in Malvern, Melbourne. In Melbourne, she worked as a clerk and later an accountant with a firm of importers.[1]
She was the first female Senator to represent Victoria. During her 21-year term, which ran from 1950 to 1971, in 1968 she became the first woman to chair a Senate Committee.[2]
Affiliations
- President, Australian Council of Domiciliary Nursing
- Honorary treasurer, Royal District Nursing Service
- President, After-Care Hospital (Melbourne)
- President, Women Justices' Association
- Special magistrate, Children's Court (Melbourne)
- Executive, National Council of Women of Victoria
- Member, Business and Professional Women's Club
- Member, Soroptimist Club (Melbourne)
- Australian Institute of International Affairs
- Lyceum Club
Personal life
On 7 October 1921, Ivy Drury wed Jack Kearns Wedgwood in an Anglican ceremony at St Thomas's Church, Essendon. The couple had a long, happy but childless union, which lasted 53 years, until Dame Ivy's death on 24 July 1975 at Toorak. She was survived by her husband.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Profile, adb.anu.edu.au; accessed 3 April 2014.
- ↑ Profile, trove.nla.gov.au; accessed 2 April 2014.