Erica Underwood
Erica Reid Underwood | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 June, 1907 |
| Died | 1 February, 1992 |
| Nationality | Australian |
Erica Reid Underwood MBE (26 June 1907 – 1 February 1992) was an Australian community worker.
Life
Underwood was born in Albany in 1907.[1]
From 1944 her friend Catherine King's radio program broadcast by the ABC each day was the ABC Women's Session.[2] In the late 1940s, Underwood joined King and contribute talks and deputised when necessary.[3] Her particular expertise was her expertise in child psychology.[2] The program was broadcast throughout Western Australia and included music, live interviews and discussion on subjects from science and arts to cooking and parenting. It was based on the premise that women at home were thinking people with wide interests and concerns. King and Underwood travelled in regional WA in an ABC van meeting women who listened to the program.[4]
In 1974 the Western Australian Institute of Technology which would become Curtin University employed Underwood as the firsr woman on the establishment's council[1] and in 1977 she became an MBE in recognition of her work for the community.
Underwood died in the Perth suburb of Shenton Park in 1992.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Oliver, Bobbie, "Erica Reid Underwood (1907–1992)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-05-01
- ^ a b "IIER 3, 1993: Gregg - the Kindergarten Union and children's libraries in WA". www.iier.org.au. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ Oliver, Bobbie, "Erica Reid Underwood (1907–1992)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-05-01
- ^ "Erica Underwood". Women Australia.
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