Doris Beeby
Australian labor leader
Doris Isabel Beeby (1894–1948) was an Australian union organiser. She organised on behalf of women in the Sheet Metal Workers' Union during World War II. She advocated for pay equity and better working conditions. She assisted Spanish Civil War refugees through the Spanish Relief Movement and joined the Communist Party of Australia. In the 1920s, she was an assistant to and associate of her father, judge George Beeby and conducted inquiries into working conditions.
Early life, education and career
Doris Isabel Beeby was born on 30 July 1894 in Stanmore. She was one of four children of Helena Maria (née West) and George Beeby, a politician and judge. She attended the Sydney Church of England Grammar School for Girls and was an art student at the University of Sydney.
In September 1920, after Beeby's father was appointed judge of the industrial arbitration court of New South Wales, she became his associate. She assisted in an inquiry into reducing hours for workers in the building and iron industries to 44 hours per week from 48. In 1926, she joined him when he moved to the Commonwealth Arbitration Court and served as secretary to the 1931 royal commission inquiring into the 1928 prosecution of J. Johnston.
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