Subiaco Stories...Doreen Place, Union Secretary (1943).
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Daily News, 20 November 1943.
Woman Becomes Union Secretary
Miss Doreen Place, of Sadlier Street, Subiaco, has been appointed secretary of the Cleaners and Caretakers' Union.
She is one of the few women to hold office as union secretary. She succeeds Mr R. A. Hartley, who has been appointed secretary of the Metropolitan Council, Australian Labour Party. Miss Place has been assistant secretary of the union for about three and a half years. Apart from her secretarial duties, she has been associated with musical activities and is an operatic soprano.
