Molly Kingston : Short Biography

Molly was admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor in Western Australia in 1933. In 1934, she set up Kingston & McClemans, the first all-female legal firm in Western Australia. After World War II broke out she joined the state executive of the Women’s Air Training Corps then the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force. In 1946 Molly became executive officer of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in Sydney. She was admitted to practise in Victoria in 1949, and joined the Legal Women’s Association. In 1952 she represented the National Council of Women, arguing that women workers deserved equal pay. Molly signed the Victorian Bar roll in 1962, becoming Victoria’s seventh female barrister.

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