TANGNEY DOROTHY AT HOME
B/W copy. Dorothy Tangney in frilled check apron, bent down in front of a gas stove putting a baking dish of meat & potatoes in the oven.There are two kettles on the top of the stove. On rear ['Dorothy 1943 Nov/after winning/ Senate Seat'].
Born in Perth. Daughter of an engine driver. She won a Secondary School scholarship & in 1921 completed her Leaving Certificate. Became a passionate social justice advocate and was an active member of the Australian Labour Party. She graduated from Claremont Teachers College and then taught at Claremont Central School from 1934 (History, Poetry, Literature, Geography, Civics, English). She completed her Diploma of Education in the late 1930's where she played an active role in student politics and affairs, including debating. She was endorsed as a Labour candidate for Nedlands in the State Elections of 1936. She was unsuccessful. However in 1943, she became Australia's first female Senator. She represented WA in Canberra. Senator Tangney made history by being the first woman to join a Federal Parliamentary Committee on being elected a member of the Joint Committee on Social Security, where she was able to implement her passion for social justice (health reform, unemployment benefits, working conditions) She played a part in the establishment of the Australian National University, in the Peace Treaty with Japan, in overseas conferences representing Australia, in the United Nations General Assembly as an observer. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1968. She died in 1985.
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