Doris Margaret Osborne
(1906-1977) schoolteacher and campaigner for equal rights for women
About Doris Margaret Osborne
Lived 1906 – 1977 (aged 70–71). Doris Margaret Osborne was an Australian school teacher and women's rights activist.
Doris Margaret Osborne became Doris Margaret Heylar (October 22, 1906 – June 27, 1977) was an Australian schoolteacher and campaigner for equal rights for women. She was the first woman to be the principal of a New South Wales co-educational high school in 1966.
Life Osborne was born in 1906 in Glen Innes. She graduated from the University of Sydney and taught maths and physics. but also on equal opportunity. She had moved an amendment to Lucy Woodcock and Vera Leggett's resolution at the New South Wales Teachers' Federation in 1951. The resolution on equal pay was changed to add the additional words of "and opportunity".
Osborne died in 1977 in West Wyalong.
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(1906-1977) schoolteacher and campaigner for equal rights for women
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Doris Margaret Osborne was born on 22 October 1906 in Glen Innes.
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Doris Margaret Osborne died in 1977 in West Wyalong.
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Doris Margaret Osborne was a school teacher and women's rights activist.
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