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Name	Ivy Bright Philomena Calthorpe
Alternative Names	Ivy Bright Philomena Field
Born	3 June, 1905 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 April, 1996 (aged 90) Waterfall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Education *	St Brigid's Primary School (Goulburn, NSW) (student, 1910-1916) Our Lady of Mercy College (Goulburn, NSW) (student, 1917-1921)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1923-1933) New South Wales, Australia short story writer (1925-1950) New South Wales, Australia communist (1933-1937) New South Wales, Australia women's activist (1933-1980) New South Wales, Australia novelist (1955-1990) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Fellowship of Australian Writers (NSW) (member)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, ?-1996) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1933-1937)

* Dates are approximate

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