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Life Summary

Name	Irene Adelaide Greenwood
Alternative Names	Irene Adelaide Driver
Born	9 December, 1898 Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Died	14 April, 1992 (aged 93) Claremont, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Related Entries	[View as tree] Driver, Arthur Robert (brother) Street, Jessie Mary (colleague) Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel (collaborator) Littlejohn, Emma Linda Palmer (collaborator) Logue, Lionel George (influence)
Education *	Albany Primary School (WA) (student, 1905-1912) Perth Modern School (student, 1913-1917) University of Western Australia (student, 1917-1918)
Occupation or Descriptor *	women's activist (1925-1931) Western Australia, Australia feminist (1931-1936) New South Wales, Australia women's activist (1931-1936) New South Wales, Australia feminist (1936-1948) Western Australia, Australia pacifist (1936-1992) Western Australia, Australia radio commentator (1936-1954) Western Australia, Australia women's activist (1936-1948) Western Australia, Australia communist (1942-1960) Western Australia, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1975) Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (recipient, 1977) Silver Peace Medal (United Nations Association of Australia) (recipient, 1982)
Key Events *	International Women’s Year, 1975 (council member)
Key Organisations *	Australian Federation of Women Voters (national) (president) Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WA) (life vice-president, ?-1992) Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WA) (member, ?-1992) Women's Service Guilds of Western Australia (life vice-president, ?-1992) Women's Service Guilds of Western Australia (member, 1925-1992) United Association of Women (committee member, 1931-1936) Communist Party (WA) (member, 1942) Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WA) (president, 1966-1969) Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA) (life member, 1975-1992)
Political Activism *	anti-nuclear activist Vietnam war opponent anti-conscriptionist (1960-1973)
Workplaces *	Australian Broadcasting Corporation (radio broadcaster, 1936) 6AM radio station (WA) (radio broadcaster, 1948-1954)

* Dates are approximate