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Ivy Mary Kent, née Woods (1890-1974) political activist and community worker
Birth: 10 May 1890 at Central Cumberland, New South Wales, daughter of William Coyle Woods (1861-1929), a farmer, born in County Cork, Ireland, and Sarah Elizabeth, née Coombs (1865-1939), born in Devon, England. Marriage: 1909 at Collie, Western Australia, to Arthur Graham Kent (1881-1950), a timber hewer, later storeeeper, born in Melbourne, Victoria. They had four daughters and four sons. Death: 12 April 1974 in a nursing home at Wembley, Perth; usual residence Gayton Road, City Beach, Perth. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
Reflections, p. 130; Westralian Worker, 30 April 1937, 26 June 1942; ALP Labor Women's Central Executive, 1933; Battye Library, biographical Register.
'Kent, Ivy Mary (1890–1974)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/kent-ivy-mary-34677/text43626, accessed 10 October 2024.
10 May,
1890
New South Wales,
Australia
12 April,
1974
(aged 83)
Wembley, Perth,
Western Australia,
Australia
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