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Blackwood, Margaret (1909 - 1986)

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Botanist and Geneticist

Born: 26 April 1909. Died: 1986.

(Dame) Margaret Blackwood was Lecturer in Botany after World War II and was Dean of Women at the Mildura Branch of the University of Melbourne. She was at Cambridge 1948-50 before returning to Melbourne where she was a Senior Lecturer until her retirement in 1975.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1939 - 1941 Caroline Kay Research Scholar in Plant Cytology and Genetics
1941 - 1946 Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF), rising to Wing Officer
1946 - 1948 Lecturer in Botany and Dean of Women at the Mildura Branch of the University of Melbourne
1948 - 1950 Newnham College at Cambridge
1951 - 1975 Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne
1957 - 1958 Australian and New Zealand Chairman of Soroptimist International Association
1964 Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
1975 Retired
1975 - 1983 Member of the University Council
1981 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
1981 - 1983 Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Melbourne

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'Blackwood, Margaret (1909-1986), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0244b.htm.

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 9 October 2006

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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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