Book of Remembrance entry
Not listed in the Book of Remembrance. Her offer in 1914 to supervise refugee camps in Egypt was refused as she was too well qualified. In November she founded the Babies' Kit Society for the Allies' Babies and in June 1920 she opened the Soldiers' Club in the Royal Hotel, George Street; she was its honorary secretary until it closed in 1923, and she ran it very strictly. From September 1915 she was a member of the executive committee of the Universal Service League and campaigned vigorously for conscription. Other war-work included organizing the Centre for Soldiers' Wives and Mothers and setting up a war widows' fund. FROM ADB entry
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1869Birth in Burwood -- NSW, Australia 9 July 1869
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?Early education at Airlie School, Sydney, NSW
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1890Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1890
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1891Governess at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1891
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1893Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1893
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1894Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1894
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1899Tertiary education at University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 1899
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1899Tertiary education at University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 1899
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1900Anthropometrist at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 1900
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1901Medical Practitioner at Sydney -Macquarie Street- NSW, Australia 1901
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1901Founded the Women's Club 1901
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1904Lecturer in Hygiene at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1904
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1910Medical Director at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia 1910
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1913Travelled to England 1913
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1913Represented Commonwealth Government at Conference on Infant Mortality 1913 at London [ England ]
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1918Appointed O.B.E. Order British Empire 1918
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1920Stood unsuccessfully for parliament 1920
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1921Founded Anzac Fellowship of Women 1921
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1923Founded the Empire Services Club 1923
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1929Attended 12th Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Town Planning 1929 at Rome [ Italy ]
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1936Founded Memorial College of Household Arts and Sciences 1936 at Kirribilli [ NSW Australia ]
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1961Commemorated by Dr Mary Booth Scholarship 1961 at University of Sydney : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]
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?Founded Ex Service Women's Club
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1956Death in Redfern -Rachel Forster Hospital- NSW, Australia 28 November 1956
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