Doris Irene Taylor

Australian activist
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IntroAustralian activist
PlacesAustralia
wasActivist
Work fieldActivism
Gender
Female
Birth25 July 1901
Death23 May 1968 (aged 66 years)
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Biography

Doris Irene Taylor (born 25 July 1901 in Norwood, South Australia — died 23 May 1968 in Adelaide, South Australia) was an Australian social services activist.

As an organiser for the Australian Labor Party Taylor is credited with persuading Don Dunstan to run for the South Australian lower house seat of Norwood in 1952.

Taylor initiated the Australian Meals on Wheels service in the early 1950s.

The South Australian Electoral district of Taylor is named after her.

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