Lady Esther Lipman Jacobs (1900–1991)
Lady Esther Lipman-Jacobs was elected to the Adelaide City Council in 1956, making her the first woman in the state to be elected to a local government body.
During World War II she served (in an honorary capacity) as full time secretary of the Fighting Forces Comforts fund and a member of the Auxiliary of Women Police.
Lady Esther founded the Local Government Women's Association and was also chairman of the Parks and Gardens Committee and represented the Adelaide Council on the Board of Governors of the Adelaide Festival of Arts from 1962 until 1972.
In 1977 she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to community and local government.
Additional Resources
- birth notice, South Australian Register, 7 April 1900, p 6
- marries Hyam Lipman, Australasian (Melbourne), 19 April 1919, p 37
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Lipman, Hyam John (husband)
- Jacobs, Roland Ellis (husband)
- Solomon, Vaiben Louis (father)
- Jacobs, Caroline (mother-in-law)
- Jacobs, Samuel Joshua (father-in-law)
- Jacobs, Elizabeth Ellis (sister-in-law)
- Jacobs, Lydia Emily (sister-in-law)
- Jacobs, Dorothea (sister-in-law)
- Jacobs, Agnes Lilian (sister-in-law)
- Jacobs, Louis Philip (brother-in-law)
- Jacobs, Philip Acland (brother-in-law)
- Jacobs, Elliot Ralph (brother-in-law)
- Jacobs, Emanuel Julien (brother-in-law)
- Jacobs, Michael Charles (brother-in-law)
- Solomon, Baby (aunt)
- Solomon, Baby (aunt)
- Solomon, Rachel (grandmother)
- Solomon, Judah Moss (grandfather)
Citation details
'Jacobs, Lady Esther Lipman (1900–1991)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/jacobs-lady-esther-lipman-22651/text32226, accessed 6 December 2023.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Solomon, Esther Cook
- Lipman, Esther Cook
Birth
6 April,
1900
Medindie, Adelaide,
South Australia,
Australia
Death
27 January,
1991
(aged 90)
Adelaide,
South Australia,
Australia
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.