Susan Ryan
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The Honourable Susan Ryan AO |
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| Age Discrimination Commissioner | |
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Assumed office 30 July 2011 |
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| Preceded by | new Commissioner |
| Senator for Australian Capital Territory | |
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In office 13 December 1975 – 29 January 1988 |
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| Succeeded by | Bob McMullan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Susan Maree Ryan 10 October 1942 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Butler (m 1963; d. 1972) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Sydney, Australian National University |
| Profession | Educator |
Susan Maree Ryan AO (born 10 October 1942), an Australian educator, is the Age Discrimination Commissioner, since 2011, within the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Ryan has previously served as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory between 1975 and 1987, representing the Australian Labor Party. During her term in the Parliament of Australia, Ryan became the first female Labor minister and served in several ministerial roles in the Hawke government; and most notably as the inaugural Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women. Her legislative contributions to the Australian political landscape include the Sex Discrimination Act, 1984 (Cth) and the Affirmative Action (Equal Opportunities in Employment) Act 1986 (Cth).
Ryan was born in Sydney and educated at the Brigidine Convent in Maroubra. She graduated from the University of Sydney in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts and worked as a school teacher. She married Richard Butler in 1963 and they have one son and one daughter—they divorced in 1972. From 1966 she was a residence officer at the Australian National University in Canberra while studying and tutoring in English literature. In 1969 she helped to establish the Labor Club in Belconnen. She graduated with a Master of Arts in English Literature from the ANU in 1972. Following graduation she served as a delegate to the ACT Australian Labor Party from 1973 to 1976.
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