Dame Mary Dora Daly, DBE CBE OBE ( née MacMahon; 24 August 1896 – 11 June 1983) was an Australian writer, humanitarian and charity worker.
Mary Dora MacMahon was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, 24 August 1896. Her parents were Thomas Patrick MacMahon, a solicitor, and his wife Mary Ellen (née O'Donnell). She was educated at Loreto convent schools in Normanhurst, New South Wales and Ballarat, Victoria. [1]
On 3 January 1923, at St Canice's Church, Darlinghurst, she married John Joseph Daly (died 1953), a physician and a nephew of the founder of St Vincent's Hospital, Mother Berchmans Daly. The Dalys had two children, John and Marie. [2]
With the outbreak of World War II, Daly was the only woman on the executive of the Catholic Welfare Organisation, founded in Melbourne in 1939 by Archbishop Mannix. She became the CWO's president two years later, in 1941. [2]
She was also affiliated with:
Dame Mary Daly died at Fitzroy, Victoria, aged 86, on 11 June 1983. [1] She was buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.
Dame Mary Dora Daly, DBE CBE OBE ( née MacMahon; 24 August 1896 – 11 June 1983) was an Australian writer, humanitarian and charity worker.
Mary Dora MacMahon was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, 24 August 1896. Her parents were Thomas Patrick MacMahon, a solicitor, and his wife Mary Ellen (née O'Donnell). She was educated at Loreto convent schools in Normanhurst, New South Wales and Ballarat, Victoria. [1]
On 3 January 1923, at St Canice's Church, Darlinghurst, she married John Joseph Daly (died 1953), a physician and a nephew of the founder of St Vincent's Hospital, Mother Berchmans Daly. The Dalys had two children, John and Marie. [2]
With the outbreak of World War II, Daly was the only woman on the executive of the Catholic Welfare Organisation, founded in Melbourne in 1939 by Archbishop Mannix. She became the CWO's president two years later, in 1941. [2]
She was also affiliated with:
Dame Mary Daly died at Fitzroy, Victoria, aged 86, on 11 June 1983. [1] She was buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.