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Ivy Deakin Brookes (14 July 1883 – 27 December 1970) was an Australian community worker and activist. She held leadership positions across a wide range of organisations in Victoria. She was president of the National Council of Women of Australia from 1948 to 1953.
- Ivy Deakin, 14 July 1883, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
- Vera Deakin White (sister)
The daughter of former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, and wife of public official Herbert Brookes, Ivy Brookes played an active part in Australian political life. She occupied a central role in the National Council of Women; the Housewives’ Association; the International Club of Victoria; the Women’s Hospital; and in various boards and ...
Ivy Brookes (1883-1970), born on 14 July 1883 at South Yarra, was musically gifted, crowning her conservatorium career with the Ormond Scholarship for singing (1904); she played in Marshall Hall's orchestra in 1903-13.
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Updated 21 February 2024. Ivy Brookes was born in South Yarra, Victoria, in 1883, the eldest daughter of Pattie and Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia. She was educated privately and at Merton Hall. Mixing in a circle of political and intellectual figures, she married Herbert Brookes, a friend of her father's, in 1905.
Ivy Deakin Brookes (14 de julio de 1883 - 27 de diciembre de 1970) fue una activista y trabajadora comunitaria australiana. Ocupó puestos de liderazgo en una amplia gama de organizaciones en Victoria. Fue presidenta del Consejo Nacional de Mujeres de Australia de 1948 a 1953.
Brookes, Ivy (1883-1971) Type Resource Section Author Patrick, Alison In Australian Dictionary of Biography; Imprint National Centre of Biography ...
On International Women’s Day, Thursday March 8, we pay tribute to the pioneering work of Ivy Brookes, who served our organisation as the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria’s Vice-President from its inception in 1936 until 1966, just four years before her death.
