illegal abortions. The activities of the clinic were controversial; it received government subsidies only to have them withdrawn. Piddington's Melbourne clinic was forced to close in 1943 when the rubber used to make diaphragms was needed for war efforts; the Sydney clinic remained open. Goodisson remained active in the association until her death in 1947; however the organisation's activities were greatly reduced during the war and did not regain momentum until the 1960s. In 1960 the association was renamed the Family Planning Association of Australia. Goodisson was also an active member of the National Council of Women of New South Wales, the Travellers' Aid Society, the Good Film League of New South Wales, and the Sydney Health Week and Mental Hygiene Council. References 1860 births 1947 deaths Year of birth uncertain Australian eugenicists Australian nurses Welsh emigrants to Australia Welsh eugenicists Australian women nurses People from Holyhead 19th-century Australian women 20th-century Australian women