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Lois Gertrude QUARRELL

Also known as: Lois Gertrude Hendry

Born: 19/11/1914

Died: 19/6/1991

Special Achievements:

1936 - First woman sports writer for Adelaide Advertiser newspaper.

Additional Information:

1932 - Joined Adelaide Advertiser.
1966 - She founded the South Australian division of the Sportswomen’s Association of Australia, serving as its chairman.
1970 - She resigned from the Advertiser’s full-time staff to become a casual reporter. 1977 - She retired.

Resources

  • Link - Quarrell, Lois (1915 - 1991)

    The Australian Women's Register

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  • Link - Lois Quarell

    She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History

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  • Link - Lois Quarrell

    Wikipedia

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  • Link - Quarrell, Lois Gertrude (1914–1991)

    Australian Dictionary of Biography

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  • Link - Lois Quarrell: A notable mid-20th-century journalist and her impact

    Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia Issue 42 (2014)

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