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Life Summary

Name	Susan Maree Ryan
Alternative Names	Susan Maree Butler
Born	10 October, 1942 Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	27 September, 2020 (aged 77) Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Catholic 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] Ryan, Edna Minna (colleague) Johnson, Richard St Clair (public servant)
Education *	Brigidine College (Marouba, Sydney) (student, 1948-1959) University of Sydney (student, 1960-1962) Australian National University (student, 1965-1972)
Occupation or Descriptor *	feminist (1969-1988) Australian Capital Territory, Australia human rights activist (1969-1988) Australian Capital Territory, Australia labour politician (1975-1988) Federal, Australia labour politician (1975-1976) Australian Capital Territory, Australia Member of Lower House (1975-1976) Australian Capital Territory, Australia Member of Upper House (1975-1988) Federal, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1997-1998) New South Wales, Australia feminist (1999-2020) New South Wales, Australia human rights activist (1999-2020) New South Wales, Australia Age Discrimination Commissioner (2011-2016) Federal, Australia public servant (2011-2016) Federal, Australia Disability Discrimination Commissioner (2014-2016) Federal, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1990) Australian National University Alumni of the Year award (recipient, 2018)
Legacies *	Susan Ryan Oration (ANU) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Council of State School Organisations (executive officer, 1973) University of New England (NSW) (administration) (pro-vice chancellor, 1998-2011) Australian Republican Movement (federal) (deputy chair, 2000-2003) Whitlam Institute (University of Western Sydney) (fellow, 2019-2020)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member) ALP (ACT) (member, 1972) Women's Electoral Lobby (ACT) (member, 1972)
Workplaces *	Parliament of Australia (Senate - member, 1975-1988) Parliament of Australian Capital Territory (Leg. Assembly - member, 1975-1976) Penguin Books Australia Ltd (publishing director, 1988-1989) Plastics Industry Association (executive director, 1989-1993) Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (executive director, 1993-1997) Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (president, 2000-2007) Human Rights Commission (commissioner, 2011-2016)

* Dates are approximate