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Woman Duncan, Ada Constance

Occupation: Internationalist and Welfare activist

Written by Caitlin Stone, The University of Melbourne

Constance Duncan was born in Melbourne in 1896. She was a prominent worker for the YWCA both within Australia and internationally. She died in 1970.

Archival Resources

National Film and Sound Archive

Australia and Your Future No. 2, This Is The Life In Geelong, 1947, 4936; National Film and Sound Archive. Details

Published Resources

Online Resources

Langmore, Diane, 'Duncan, Ada Constance (1896-1970)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University (ANU), c.2006, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/duncan-ada-constance-10061/text17747. Details

See also

'Duncan, Ada Constance', The Australian Women's Register, National Foundation for Australian Women, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE5062b.htm. Details

Work on The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia was undertaken as part of the Australian Research Council's Linkage Projects funding scheme (project number LP100200304).

Published by the Australian Women's Archives Project 2014
ISBN 978-0-7340-4873-8
http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0345b.htm

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