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Life Summary

Name	Persia Gwendoline Campbell
Alternative Names	Persia Gwendoline Rice
Born	15 March, 1898 Nerrigundah, New South Wales, Australia
Died	2 March, 1974 (aged 75) Flushing, New York, United States of America
Cause of Death	stroke
Related Entries	[View as tree] Bland, Francis Armand (university friend) Piddington, Albert Bathurst (work colleague) Portus, Garnet Vere (colleague) Mills, Richard Charles (colleague)
Education *	Fort Street Girls' High School (Sydney) (student, 1910-1914) Columbia University (New York, US) (student, ?-1939) University of Sydney (student, 1915-1920) London School of Economics (student, 1921-1921) Bryn Mawr College (Pennsylvannia, US) (student, 1922-1923)
Occupation or Descriptor *	adult educator (1923-1927) New South Wales, Australia economist (1923-1930) New South Wales, Australia feminist (1923-1930) New South Wales, Australia socialist (1923-1930) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1927-1928) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1928-1930) Federal, Australia economist (1930-1974) Overseas academic (1940-1965) Overseas
Awards	Rockefeller Fellowship (recipient, 1930)
Inventions *	Institute of Pacific Relations (NSW) (member)
Key Organisations *	American Economic Association (member) Society for Social Research (NSW) (secretary, 1920) Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women's Association (NSW) (member, 1928)
Workplaces *	Australian Encyclopaedia (assistant editor, 1924-1927) Workers' Educational Association (NSW) (lecturer, 1924-1927) Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales (public servant, 1927-1928) Australian Bureau of Statistics (public servant, 1928-1930) Queen's College (New York, US) (academic, 1940-1943)

* Dates are approximate