Additional Information
Special Achievements
- 1922 - Founder of the Country Women's Association of Australia (CWA), with her as the president. She travelled New South Wales and Queensland , and by 1923 formed 68 branches and 17 Rest Rooms for mothers and children in country towns.
- Grace was the first woman to serve on a hospital board in rural New South Wales.
- 1935 - She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire.
- 2001 - Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.
Additional Information
- Trained as a sister of St John of Jerusalem. Worked with the Red Cross during World War I.
- Grace campaigned for maternity wards in hospitals and separate railway carriages for mothers and children.
Resources
Link - Munro, Grace Emily (1879 - 1964)
The Australian Women's Register
Link - Munro, Grace Emily (1879–1964)
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Link - Munro, Grace Emily
The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
Link - GRACE MUNRO
Australian Workers Heritage Centre
Link - Grace Emily Munro
Clan Munro (Association) Australia
Image - Grace Munro
Portrait of Mrs. Hugh Munro, founder of the Country Women's Association of Australia, 10th April 1922 / Payne State Library of NSW, Mitchell Library ML 614
Photo used with permission of State Library of New South Wales, "This work is out of copyright and you may freely use reproductions of the work for the purposes detailed in your correspondence."
