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Carolyn Collins, ARC Research Fellow, University of Adelaide

'An extraordinary dynamo': Doris Taylor founded Meals on Wheels and helped elect Don Dunstan

From left: Doris Taylor, and Meals on Wheels volunteers at work. National Archives of Australia: A1200 – L22263, L22265, 22266

When Doris Taylor took possession of a new motorised wheelchair in 1951, she quipped: “Heaven help any bureaucrat who gets in my way now.”

Few would have dared. For while she may not have been able to walk, Taylor was no walkover. A fearless and passionate advocate for the socially disadvantaged, she refused to sit on the sidelines of society, and had a well-earned reputation for getting things done.

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