[2] She was educated privately before training at Sydney Teachers College, thereafter teaching at Condobolin (1922–23), Tichborne (1923–24) and Forbes (1924–25).
She was on the council of the New South Wales Parents and Citizens Federation from 1950 to 1953 and vice-president from 1953 to 1960, and was director of the Condobolin Hospital Board from 1953 to 1978.
[3] In 1959, Press was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a member of the Labor Party.
Eventually the group began to fragment, and Press joined the Liberal Party in 1967.
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