[Millicent Preston Stanley, First Female Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly], c. 1938

P1/2237

item

1938

Graphic Materials, Photographs

1009590

1 photographic print - 21.6 x 16.85 cm - gelatin silver

Millicent Fanny Preston Stanley (1883-1955) was a politician and feminist. She was born on 9 September 1883 in Sydney. In 1925 Preston-Stanley became the first female member of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly, representing the Eastern Suburbs, a seat she held until 1927.
Throughout her life she was involved in a number of women's organisations, such as the Feminist Club of which she was President from 1919-34 and 1952-55. She married Crawford Vaughan, a company director and former Premier of South Australia, in Sydney in 1934, and this photograph identifies her as 'Mrs. Crawford Vaughan of Australia'. Millicent Preston Stanley died in Sydney on 23 June 1955.
Reference: Library correspondence file

Press photograph, c.1938. Verso with taped typewritten press release and wet stamps for International News Photos, New York.

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
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