page_title: Margaret Blackwood
hierarchical_section_title: Margaret Blackwood
caption_attribution_description: English: Margaret Blackwood (1909-1986), air force officer in WWII, geneticist, botanist, academic in civilian life, DBE 1981
context_page_description: Dame Margaret Blackwood DBE was an Australian botanist and geneticist. She attended the University of Melbourne and lectured there for the majority of her career, becoming deputy chancellor after her academic retirement. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1981 and was inducted posthumously into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2001.
context_section_description: Dame Margaret Blackwood DBE (26 April 1909 – 1 June 1986) was an Australian botanist and geneticist. She attended the University of Melbourne and lectured there for the majority of her career, becoming deputy chancellor after her academic retirement. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1981 and was inducted posthumously into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2001.
caption: Squadron Officer Margaret Blackwood, Commanding Officer of No.1 WAAF Training Depot, Larundel, 1944
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