• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0699

Forte, Kathleen (Margaret)

  • Maiden name Johnston, Kathleen
(1917 – 2001)
  • Born 1917, London England
  • Died 2001
  • Occupation Journalist, Peace activist

Summary

Margaret Forte, née Johnston, was born in London, England. Her widowed mother emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand when Margaret was seven and supported her three children working as a teacher. Margaret’s education included three years boarding at a Friends’ School. Margaret worked as a journalist in Sydney and Vancouver before settling and marrying in Adelaide. She gave up working with the News in 1950 after the birth of her second child. Margaret quickly became involved in many voluntary activities, including the South Australian Peace Council. She became Secretary of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in the early 1960s.

Archival resources

  • State Library of South Australia
    • Interview with Margaret Forte [sound recording] Interviewer: Helen Chryssides
    • Interview with Margaret Forte [sound recording] Interviewer: Kirstin Marks
    • Brightening landscape- the world of Ruby Hammond

Published resources

Related entries


  • Membership
    • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia (1919 - )
  • Related Organisations
    • International Women's Day Committee (SA) Inc (1938 - )