Cecile Storey

[1][2] Cecile Storey was born in 1933 in Ballarat, Victoria, to Eunice (née Bowley), homemaker, and Charles Henry Benjamin, an engineer.

[3] Graduating in 1955, she discovered to her dismay that stockbroking was a career that was unheard of for a woman in the 1950s, so after a short stint in marketing at car sale firm Preston Motors, she turned to teaching in independent schools.

Wanting to take her accrued long service leave in separate blocks to attend conferences from the mid 70s, she found that the Act allowed for it, pioneering a move that others following took for granted.

[6] Storey became an active member of the Family Planning Association, an organisation dedicated to helping ensure access to reproductive advice for women and girls.

"[1] At the same time, her involvement with the United Nations Association of Australia grew, serving terms as Victorian (1975–8) and Federal (1979–83) President, promoting the work of UNICEF, UNESCO, and the UNHCR.

[3] In an early formal speech when he became Vice Chancellor in 1977, Professor John Scott made a mildly sexist joke, to which Storey drew his attention, and they 'became firm friends immediately'.