Lyra Veronica Esmeralda TaylorOBE (11 July 1894 – 1979) was a New Zealand lawyer and social worker. She spent much of her career in Australia.
Taylor was born on 11 July 1894 in Stratford, New Zealand. She was one of four children of Robert Taylor, a farmer from England, and his New Zealand-born wife Mary, née Morrison. One of her siblings was Clara Taylor, who became a science teacher in England.[1][2] Another sister, Portia, became a doctor in England, and Taylor's only brother became a barrister.[3][4]
In early 1940 Taylor was appointed general secretary of the Y.W.C.A. in New South Wales.[7] In 1944 she started work with the Australian Department of Social Services.[8] Taylor was sent on a 10 month study tour of England, Canada and the United States sponsored by the Carnegie Trust.[9][10]
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