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Dame Ivy Evelyn Annie Wedgwood, DBE (née Drury; 18 October 1896 – 24 July 1975) was an Australian Senator for Victoria. Ivy Evelyn Annie Drury was born to Albert Drury, a farmer, and his wife Elizabeth (née Evans) in Malvern, Melbourne. In Melbourne, she worked as a clerk and later an accountant with a firm of importers.〔 She was the first female Senator to represent Victoria. During her 21-year term, which ran from 1950 to 1971, in 1968 she became the first woman to chair a Senate Committee.〔(Profile ), trove.nla.gov.au; accessed 2 April 2014.〕 ==Affiliations== 〔 * President, Australian Council of Domiciliary Nursing * Honorary treasurer, Royal District Nursing Service * President, After-Care Hospital (Melbourne) * President, Women Justices' Association * Special magistrate, Children's Court (Melbourne) * Executive, National Council of Women of Victoria * Member, Business and Professional Women's Club * Member, Soroptimist Club (Melbourne) * Australian Institute of International Affairs * Lyceum Club 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ivy Wedgwood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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