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Tangney, Dorothy Margaret (1911-1985)

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-728052

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Australian Women's Register

In the Queen's Birthday list (8 June 1968) Dorothy Tangney became the first Western Australian born woman to be appointed Dames Commander of the British Empire for services to the Western Australian Parliament. She was a senator from 1943 until she retired in 1968.

A former schoolteacher Dorothy Tangney became the first woman member of the Australian Senate. An advocate for health and welfare, she served on the Joint Committee on Social Security 1943-1946 and served as a senator from 1943 until she retired in 1968. Dorothy Tangney featured on the 45c stamp (1973) and the electoral division of Tangney in Western Australia is named after her. Also in 1999 the street, formerly known as Administration Place (Canberra), was changed to Dorothy Tangney Place. In the Queen's Birthday list (8 June 1968) Dorothy Tangney became the first Western Australian born woman to be appointed Dames Commander of the British Empire for services to the Western Australian Parliament.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Australia's first woman senator: Dorothy Tangney B.A., Dip. Ed
    Wall, Judith
    [1962]
    Published: Teacher's Higher Certificate Thesis, Perth
  2. Dorothy Tangney - biography and reproducation of key parliamentary speech
    Watson, Judyth [ed.]
    [1994]
    Published: Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), Perth
  3. Commemoration biography of Dorothy Tangney
    Lawrence, Carmen
    [1991]
  4. No ordinary lives: pioneering women in Australian politics
    Jenkins, Cathy
    [2008]
    Published: Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne
  5. Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
  6. Reflections : profiles of 150 women who helped make Western Australia's history; Project of the Womens Committee for the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of Western Australia
    Popham, Daphne; Stokes, K.A.; Lewis, Julie
    [1979]
    Published: Carrolls, Perth, Melbourne [etc.]:
  7. List of Electoral Divisions Named After Women
    Australian Electoral Commission
  8. Who's who in Australia 1983
    Draper, W J
    [1983]
    Published: The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne
  9. Monash Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Australia
    Arnold, John and Morris, Deirdre
    [1994]
    Published: Reed Reference Publishing, Port Melbourne (Vic.)
  10. Papers of Dorothy Margaret Tangney, 1938-1986
    [1938 - 1986]
    The papers deal inter alia with the Australian Labor Party, the development of Canberra, bank nationalisation, social services, development projects in Western Australia, immigration and international affairs.
    4.9 m, 39 boxes
    National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
    MS 7564
  11. Parliamentarians' questionnaires
    [1982 - 1983]
    In 1982, biographical information was sought from all Members and Senators of the Parliament of Australia. Responses were received from 154 parliamentarians. The questions cover basic biographical data, and also seek information on political influences, aims and achievements, perceived improvements to the political process, the Parliamentary committee system and career since politics.
    0.05 m, 5 folders
    National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
    MS 8806

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