Ruth Fairfax
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Ruth Beatrice Fairfax OBE[1] (8 October 1878 – 1 February 1948) was a founding member of the Australian Country Women's Association and the first President of the Queensland Country Women's Association.[2] The federal electorate of Fairfax is named in her honour.[3]
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Born | Ruth Beatrice Dowling (1878-10-08)8 October 1878 Lue, near Rylstone, New South Wales |
Died | 1 February 1948(1948-02-01) (aged 69) St Luke's Hospital, Potts Point, New South Wales |
Burial place | Rookwood Cemetery |
Nationality | Australian |
Education | Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School |
Alma mater | Women's Institutes |
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Spouse |
John Hubert Fraser Fairfax
(m. 1899) |
Children | 1 |
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