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Life Summary

Name	Margaret Elaine Whitlam
Alternative Names	Margaret Elaine Dovey
Born	19 November, 1919 Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	17 March, 2012 (aged 92) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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] Whitlam, Edward Gough (husband) Whitlam, Martha Ravenshaw (mother-in-law) Stead, Christina Ellen (acquaintance)
Education *	Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School (student, 1931-1935) University of Sydney (student, 1936-1938)
Occupation or Descriptor *	swimmer (1937-1940) New South Wales, Australia social worker (1939-1942) New South Wales, Australia feminist (1940-2012) New South Wales, Australia politicians' spouse (1952-1978) New South Wales, Australia abortion law reformer (1970-1980) New South Wales, Australia columnist (1972-1975) New South Wales, Australia prime minister's spouse (1972-1975) Federal, Australia tour guide (1990-2000) New South Wales, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (2006-2006) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1983)
Key Events *	Empire Games (Sydney, 1938) (swimmer)
Groups *	National Living Treasure (Australia) (member)
Key Organisations *	Australian Opera Conference (inaugural chair) Penguin Club (Sydney) (member) Australian National Advisory Committee on International Women's Year (member, 1974-1976) Sydney Dance Company (director, 1977-1982) ACT Council of Social Service (president, 1978-1980) Law Foundation of New South Wales (chair of board, 1982-1983) National Council for the International Literacy Year (chair, 1989-1991) International Study Programs (director, 1990-1999)
Political Activism *	abortion law reformer Labor Party (member, ?-2012) ALP (federal) (life member, 2007-2012)
Workplaces *	Family Welfare Bureau (Sydney) Woman's Day (magazine) (columnist, 1972)

* Dates are approximate