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.

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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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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