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Irene Greenwood

Irene Greenwood, Australian radio broadcaster, feminist and peace activist (died 1992)

Born
December 9, 1898
Died
April 14, 1992
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1898

About Irene Greenwood

Irene Greenwood (9 December 1898 — 14 April 1992) was an Australian radio broadcaster and feminist and peace activist. == Early life and education == Greenwood was born in Albany, Western Australia on 9 December 1898. She was the oldest child of Henry Driver and Mary Ann Driver née Hicken. Greenwood attended Albany State School between 1905 and 1912 and Perth Modern School between 1913 and 1917. She then went on to study arts at the University of Western Australia. == Later life and career == Driver worked as a secretary at the Department of Agriculture between 1918 and 1920 where she met her husband, Albert Ernest Greenwood, an accountant. They married on 18 June 1920 at the Anglican Church of the Annunciation in Broome, Western Australia. Between 1931 and 1935, Greenwood worked as a broadcaster in Sydney before moving to Perth to run regular radio programmes, several of which centered around women. Greenwood retired from radio broadcasting in 1953. Greenwood became involved in feminist and peace movements through her mother who was involved with the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the Australian Federation of Women Voters.

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Irene Greenwood timeline

  1. Greenwood attended Albany State School between 1905 and 1912 and Perth Modern School between 1913 and 1917.
  2. Driver worked as a secretary at the Department of Agriculture between 1918 and 1920 where she met her husband, Albert Ernest Greenwood, an accountant.

The world when Irene Greenwood was born

Irene Greenwood was born in 1898. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineSpanish-American War — US gains territories
  • Technology milestoneMarie & Pierre Curie discover radium
  • World population~1.58B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population71.0M

1898 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Irene Greenwood's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18982026
Population71.0M341 million

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