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- Birth nameJill Kathryn Ker
- Jill Ker Conway was born on October 9, 1934 in Hillston, New South Wales, Australia. She was a writer, known for The Road from Coorain (2002). She was married to John J. Conway and John Conway. She died on June 1, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- SpousesJohn J. Conway(1962 - July 13, 1995) (his death)John Conway(1962 - July 11, 1995) (his death)
- First female president of Smith College.
- She spent the first 10 years of her life on a sheep station. After her father died, her mother took her to Sydney.
- She was a scholar and writer who chronicled early-20th-century women's reformers, and wrote three critically-acclaimed memoirs.
- She received a doctorate in history from Harvard University.
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