Historical information

Mrs Eve Ainsworth, from Lower Mitcham, South Australia became the first woman delegate of the Returned Services League (RSL). Eve joined the RSL in 1944, after serving at the 2/2nd Australian General Hospital (AGH) at El Kantara during the Middle East campaign in WW2, then at the 2/11th AGH in Warwick, Queensland. She has held office in the Returned Sisters' sub-branch for 28 years in various roles. She was appointed to the State executive from the State's No. 1 district.

Physical description

A newspaper clipping consisting of a title, two columns of text and a small black and white photo of an older woman

Inscriptions & markings

'Jeanne'[blue ink, top right of page]
[smudge of blue ink, top middle of page'
'Canberra Times Sept 18'[blue ink, top middle of page, under title