Life Summary

Name	Kathleen Margaret Forte
Alternative Names	Kathleen Margaret Johnston
Born	23 February, 1917 London, Middlesex, England
Died	27 August, 2001 (aged 84) South Australia, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English New Zealander Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Blackburn, Jean Edna (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1939-1941) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1942-1950) South Australia, Australia pacifist (1950-2001) South Australia, Australia women's activist (1950-1995) South Australia, Australia
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1986)
Key Organisations *	People for Nuclear Disarmament (SA) (member) United Nations Association (WA) (member) Australian Peace Council (SA) (secretary, 1950) Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (SA) (member, 1960) Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (national) (secretary, 1969-1971) Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (SA) (secretary, 1969-1971) Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (national) (secretary, 1980-1982)
Political Activism *	Vietnam war opponent
Workplaces *	Daily Telegraph (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1939-1941) News (Adelaide) (journalist, 1942-1950)

* Dates are approximate

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