People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Stevens, Dorothy Shelagh Leighton

Birth

6 September, 1913
Newport, Wales

Death

19 July, 1999 (aged 85)
Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

heart disease

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Welsh

Religious Influence

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.

• Quaker

Education

• Kensington High School (London, UK)

Occupation or Descriptor

• actor (stage)
• community worker
• Indigenous rights activist/supporter
• local government councillor
• nanny
• political activist
• Quaker leader

Key Events

• World Conference on Religion and Peace

Key Organisations

• Action for World Development
• Australian Council of Christians and Jews
• Community Restorative Centre
• Eastern Suburbs Organisation for Reconciling Australia
• New South Wales Ecumenical Council
• Brancaster Conservative Association (UK)
• Meals on Wheels (NSW)
• Australian Democrats
• Religious Society of Friends (NSW)
• Ankali

Workplaces

• Docking Rural Council (UK)