Background
She was born as Mary Dora MacMahon to Patrick MacMahon, a solicitor, and his wife Mary Ellen (née O"Donnell), in Cootamundra, New South Wales.
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Mary Daly
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She was educated at Loreto convent schools in Normanhurst, New South Wales and Ballarat, Victoria.
Career
The Dalys had two children, John and Marie. With the outbreak of World World War II, Daly was the only woman on the executive of the, founded in Melbourne in 1939 by Archbishop Mannix. She became the CWO"s president two years later, in 1941.
Daly was also: Member, National Council, Australian Red Cross Society (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Executive Member, Council of the Victorian Division, Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Fund-raiser, Caritas Christi Hospice First woman president (1966-1975), Australian Catholic Relief Foundation member (president 1975-1977), Ryder-Cheshire Foundation (Australia).
Dame Mary Daly died at Fitzroy, Victoria, aged 86, on 11 June 1983.
Achievements
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) - 1937 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) - 1949 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) - 1951 The Roman Catholic Church awarded Mary Daly the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 1951 for her service to the church, including her work with the (1939 - 1948). She was awarded a long service medal from the Australian Red Cross Society in 1940 and honorary life membership in 1971.
