Education
She later claimed to have studied medicine at the University of Sydney, but this was never proved.
She later claimed to have studied medicine at the University of Sydney, but this was never proved.
On 26 November 1931 she was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council by Premier Jack Language, joining Catherine Green, appointed two days earlier, as the first women in the Council. She remained in the Council until 22 April 1934. She died in 1965 and was buried in Randwick Cemetery.
From 1927 to 1929 she was a member of the Australian Labor Party central executive, and was delegate to various country conferences.