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Life Summary

Name	Ruth Beatrice Fairfax
Alternative Names	Ruth Beatrice Dowling
Born	8 October, 1878 Lue, New South Wales, Australia
Died	1 February, 1948 (aged 69) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	kidney disease
Religious Influence	Anglican 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Fairfax, John Hubert (husband) Fairfax, Vincent Charles (son) Fairfax, Nancy (daughter-in-law) Fairfax, Lucy (mother-in-law) Fairfax, James Reading (father-in-law) Dowling, Willoughby Vincent (brother) Fairfax, Elsie Dora (sister-in-law) Fairfax, Marie Florence (sister-in-law) Fairfax, Mary Elizabeth (sister-in-law) Fairfax, Anne Madeleine (sister-in-law) Fairfax, Charles Burton (brother-in-law) Fairfax, Geoffrey Evan (brother-in-law) Fairfax, James Oswald (brother-in-law) Fairfax, Harold Walter (brother-in-law) Fairfax, Edward Wilfred (brother-in-law) Ross, Emily (aunt by marriage) Fairfax, Anne (aunt by marriage) Fairfax, Charles John (uncle by marriage) Fairfax, Edward Ross (uncle by marriage) Fairfax, Marcie Elizabeth (niece by marriage) Fairfax, Warwick Oswald (nephew by marriage) Fairfax, John Fitzgerald (nephew by marriage) Fairfax, Hubert Desmond (nephew by marriage)
Education *	Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School (student, 1892-1893)
Occupation or Descriptor *	community worker (1922-1931) Queensland, Australia Girl Guides’ leader (1930-1948) New South Wales, Australia community worker (1931-1946) New South Wales, Australia magazine/journal editor (1931-1948) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1935)
Legacies *	Fairfax electorate (Queensland) (eponym) Ruth Fairfax bursary (CWA, Qld)
Key Organisations *	Adult Deaf and Dumb Society of New South Wales (board member) Australian Board of Missions (chairman of council) Benevolent Society of New South Wales (life governor) Girl Guides' Association (NSW) (board member) St Luke's Hospital (Darlinghurst, Sydney) (board member) State Library of New South Wales (trustee) Bush Brotherhood movement (supporter, 1908-1931) Country Women's Association (Qld) (founding president, 1926-1931) Country Women's Association (NSW) (secretary, 1931-1946) Associated Country Women of the World (vice-president, 1934) Australian Comforts Fund (supporter, 1941-1945)

* Dates are approximate