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Name	Dame Ivy Evelyn Wedgwood
Alternative Names	Ivy Evelyn Drury
Born	18 October, 1896 Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	24 July, 1975 (aged 78) Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Reader, Audrey Tattie (associate)
Occupation or Descriptor *	political activist (1925-1944) Victoria, Australia women's activist (1925-1971) Victoria, Australia liberal/conservative party organiser (1944-1949) Federal, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1949-1971) Federal, Australia Member of Upper House (1949-1971) Federal, Australia

* Dates are approximate