Career
She received a Bachelor of Arts in 1947 from the University of Sydney and a diploma in social studies in 1950. There Kersey became involved in organisations such as the Save the Children Fund, Family Planning, and Zero Population Growth, and joined the Australia Party, forerunner of the Australian Democrats. She ran three times for the seat of Wentworth for the Democrats.
After retiring from social work she studied at the University of New England and gained a Master of Letters.
Kersey published four books: High Society: The Legalisation of Illicit Drugs (1994), The New Aged: An Untapped Resource (1997), 2050: A Drug Odyssey (2002), and her autobiography, My Life: While Busy Making Other Plans (2006). In her later years she supported the Australian Greens.
Kersey died in 2013.
