Doris Irene Taylor

Doris Irene Taylor (born 25 July 1901 in Norwood, South Australia — died 23 May 1968 in Adelaide, South Australia) was an Australian social services activist.[1]

As an organiser for the Australian Labor Party Taylor is credited with persuading Don Dunstan to run for the South Australian lower house seat of Norwood in 1952.[1]

Taylor founded Australian Meals on Wheels in South Australia in 1953, and in 1954 the first meal was served from the Port Adelaide kitchen.[2][1] The first meals were delivered to eight elderly Port Adelaide residents on 9 August 1954.[3][4]

She was appointed M.B.E. in 1959.[1]

The South Australian Electoral district of Taylor is named after her.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Greg Crafter (2002). "Taylor, Doris Irene (1901–1968)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 16. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Greg Crafter, Taylor, Doris Irene (1901 - 1968) Archived 2008-08-16 at the Wayback Machine., Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, Melbourne University Press, 2002, pp 364-365.
  3. ↑ Prepared in a Nissen hut donated by the Le Messurier family, the meals were cooked and delivered by 11 volunteer helpers, an example since followed by thousands of caring, community-minded South Australians throughout the State. Doris Taylor was an inspiration to many; paralysed from the age of 11 after a childhood accident, she spent her life using a wheelchair. Doris had the vision to imagine volunteers supporting housebound members of their community by home-delivering a nourishing meal, and the determination and passion to make it happen. For the 15 years from the birth of Meals on Wheels in South Australia to her death in 1968, Doris Taylor remained the inspiration and the driving force behind the organisation. Today, Doris’s dream of helping the elderly, housebound and disabled remain at home a long as possible has grown into a team of 10,000 volunteers who prepare, drive and deliver meals to 5,000 clients across South Australia. For more information about Meals on Wheels in South Australian, visit http://www.mealsonwheelssa.org.au Archived 2008-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Cudmore M., 1996, A Meal a Day, South Australia, Gillingham Printers
  5. ↑ "ABC Election Coverage: 2006 South Australian Election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 April 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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