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Fox, Laura Mary (1860–1949)

Mrs Laura Mary Fox, 89, of Jupiter st, Caulfield, Melbourne University's second woman graduate, died on Tuesday.

As Laura Moerlin, she graduated BA in 1885 and MA in 1887. Later she became a school-teacher.

Mrs Fox transcribed books into Braille in the last 40 years of her life. She was an office-bearer of the Ladies' Benevolent Society, and worked for Red Cross.

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'Fox, Laura Mary (1860–1949)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fox-laura-mary-20913/text31585, accessed 4 March 2021.

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Alternative Names
  • Moerlin, Laura Mary
Birth

1860

Death

2 August 1949
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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