[2] Her father was a radiologist, and worked at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and in private practice.
He served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps during World War II.
[3] Uhr attended the University of Queensland, where she earned a bachelor of applied science.
[1] As a feminist, Uhr believed that the Catholic Church should allow women to be ordained as priests.
She participated in the Movement for the Ordination of Women (MOW) in the Anglican Church, and was close friends with Patricia Brennan, the founder.
[1] In 1983, Uhr and Zoe Hancock co-founded an organisation called Ordination of Catholic Women Inc., to focus on this issue in Australia.