Draft:Dorothy Gibson (peace activist)

Dorothy Gibson (1899–1978) was an Australian activist, educator, and member of the Communist Party of Australia.

Early life
Gibson was born in Malvern, Melbourne, on the 4 July 1899. She was educated at Korowa girls' school before achieving a degree from the University of Melbourne.

Career and political activism
She became an educator and taught at St Andrew's College, Kew, and in 1933 she worked as a teacher for the Soviet Embassy and Trade Legation staff in London, before becoming a teacher at Moscow's Anglo-American school. Her experiences in the Soviet Union, reinforced by various visits over the coming decades, led to her becoming deeply sympathetic with the Soviet Union. She joined the Communist Party of Australia in 1936. She once served as the vice-president of the Friends of the Soviet Union, and the secretary to the Australian-Soviet Friendship League.