Dorothy Tangney,澳大利亚政治家(1985 年逝世)

Dorothy Margaret Tangney DBE(1907 年 3 月 13 日 - 1985 年 6 月 3 日)是澳大利亚政治家。 She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1943 to 1968. She was the first woman elected to the Senate and one of the first two women elected to federal parliament, along with Enid Lyons .

唐尼出生在珀斯的一个爱尔兰血统的工人阶级家庭。她早年在西澳大利亚乡村度过,后来在弗里曼特尔度过。她接受过教师培训,并就读于西澳大利亚大学,担任大学劳工俱乐部主席。她积极参与教师工会和社区组织。 Tangney was elected to the Senate at the 1943 federal election, after several previous candidacies at state and federal level.在1967年在她的失败之前,她再次选出四次进一步的时间,在参议院近25年。在参议院,唐尼在多个委员会任职,对教育和社会政策特别感兴趣。在她任职期间,她是该党唯一的女议员。