Doris Isobel Beeby (1894 - 1948)

Born 1894 in Stanmore, New South Wales (Australia)

Ancestors

Died 1948 at about age 54 in Castlecrag, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Doris Beeby was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Doris Isobel Beeby was born in 1894 in Stanmore, in Sydney's southern suburbs, New South Wales (Australia). She was the eldest daughter of George Beeby and Helena West. ^[1]

She was educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School for Girls and at the University of Sydney as an unmatriculated arts student. ^[2]

In September 1920 she became her father's legal associate and moved with him to the Commonwealth Arbitration Court in 1926. In 1931 she was the secretary of his Johnson royal commission. ^[2]

Doris went to London in March 1939 and joined the Spanish Relief Movement, which helped refugees from the civil war. She joined the Communist Party of Great Britain, and on her return to Sydney in 1940 joined the Australian Communist Party. In 1942-45 she was an organiser for the Sheetmetal Workers' Union and sought higher wages for women through the Women's Employment Board. For the Tribune and the Australian Women's Digest she wrote about women's wage-gains and their growing role in trade unions during the Second World War. ^[2]

Aged 54 years, Doris passed away following a long illness in 1948 in Castlecrag, New South Wales. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #27574/1894; registered at Petersham
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Nairn, Bede. 'Beeby, Sir George Stephenson (1869–1942)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1979; accessed online 25 Jan 2024
3. ↑ New South Wales Death Index #25628/1948; registered at North Sydney