Mary Stevenson
Mary Steel Stevenson MBE (née Kelly; 21 August 1896 – 3 July 1985) was a Scottish-born Australian community and political activist.
Biography
She was born in
Queanbeyan in New South Wales in March 1925, moving to the Canberra suburb of Griffith in 1926. The couple had one son, John. Stevenson was involved with the Citizens' Rights League, a group formed in 1927 to advocate for federal parliamentary representation for the Australian Capital Territory; she lobbied Prime Minister John Curtin for the League.[1]
She was a commandant of No. 750
Canberra Community Hospital, and also served on the ACT Tourist Bureau Advisory Board and as Girl Guides Divisional Commissioner.[1]
Stevenson was a founding member of the
Victoria League, the Sub-Normal and Incapacitated Children's Association, the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Pan-Pacific Women's Association. She died in Canberra in 1985.[1]
Stevenson's granddaughter, Meredith Hunter, served in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly as convenor of the ACT Greens from 2008 to 2012.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Stevenson, Mary". The Australian Women's Register. National Foundation for Australian Women. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
