[1] She was an author and a co-author of books about women in Australian history as well as a high school teacher and university lecturer.
The Kay Daniels Award, sponsored by members and associates of the Australian Historical Association, the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority and the University of Tasmania is an award recognizing outstanding original research.
[1] A couple of years later, after winning a travelling scholarship, she studied at the University of Sussex where she published her first piece of work.
[3] After finishing her degree at the University of Adelaide she briefly taught at Clare High School.
[1] It was in 2001 Daniels was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and around 5 weeks later on 17 July, she died at the Clare Holland House, in Canberra.