J – HerStory Gallery
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Special Achievements
- 1975 - First woman deputy Lord Mayor (Adelaide City Council). 1978 - Resigned after 22 years continuous service.
- First woman governor of the Adelaide Festival of Arts.
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- Honorary assistant secretary of South Australia branch of the Australian Comforts Fund for six years, which earned her a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) with an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) to follow later.
- Chief of the Auxiliary Women's Police Force.
- Her grandfather Mr. J. M. Solomon was also mayor of Adelaide City.
