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How a girl who skipped half her schooling earned a PhD

ABC News Australia - Top Stories · 19 August 2026 at 6:05 am

Despite being a keen student in the 1960s and 70s, Judith felt unable to attend school regularly.

Fifty years on, she is finally figuring out why going to school was so hard.

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