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Life Summary

Name	Eleanor Vokes MacKinnon
Alternative Names	Eleanor Vokes Addison
Born	8 February, 1871 Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia
Died	31 January, 1936 (aged 64) North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Campbell, Walter Scott (uncle) Campbell, Francis Rawdon (grandfather) Turner, Ethel Mary (classmate) Mack, Marie Louise (classmate) Kenny, Elizabeth (supported) McFadyen, Ella May (mentored) Lister, William Lister (teacher)
Education *	Clergy Daughters' School (Waverley, Sydney) (student, 1877-1882) Sydney Girls' High School (student, 1883-1887)
Occupation *	animal welfare activist (1903-1936) New South Wales, Australia community worker (1903-1936) New South Wales, Australia painter (1903-1909) New South Wales, Australia poet (1903-1936) New South Wales, Australia women's activist (1903-1936) New South Wales, Australia Red Cross administrator (1914-1936) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (Red Cross worker)
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1918) King George V Silver Jubilee Medal (recipient, 1935)
Key Events *	influenza epidemic, 1919 (director of the NSW influenza committee)
Key Organisations *	Australasian Armenian Relief Fund (founder) Bush Book Club of New South Wales (committee member) King Edward's Dogs' Home (Sydney) (founding president) Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (Sydney) (board member) RSPCA (NSW) (life member, ?-1936) United Australia Party Women's Club (NSW) (committee member) Women's Reform League of New South Wales (president, 1909) Red Cross Society (NSW) (founding honorary secretary, 1914-1936) National Association of New South Wales (committee member, 1916) University of Sydney (administration) (fellow of senate, 1924-1929) Hospitals Commission of New South Wales (founding board member, 1929)

* Dates are approximate