Special Achievements

• 1965 - Awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil), for community services in Sydney.

Additional Information

• 1921-44 - Librarian at Public Library of New South Wales.
• 1944 – Public Service Association of New South Wales gold medal.
• 1944-48 - Extension Librarian at Public Library of New South Wales.
• 1944-49 - British Council and Carnegie Corporation grant recipients, studied in the UK and the USA.
• 1950-68 - Head Cataloguer, Public Library of New South Wales/State Library of New South Wales, to include Mitchell Library.
• 1956-58 - Acting Librarian, Mitchell Library.
• 1961 - Represented Australia at first International Conference on Cataloguing Principles, UNESCO, Paris.
• 1962 - Convener, Cataloguing Code Revision Committee.
• 1969-80 – Honorary Librarian, Royal Australian Historical Society.
• from 1937 - Equal Pay for Equal Work for Women and Women's Rights activist.