People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

8 March, 1882
Willenhall, Staffordshire, England

Death

6 June, 1976 (aged 94)
Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

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.

• Anglican

Occupation or Descriptor

• arts patron
• school principal
• schoolteacher

Awards

• Member of the Order of the British Empire

Clubs

• Queen's Club (Sydney)

Legacies

• Tildesley shield (Sydney)

Key Organisations

• National Council of Women (NSW)
• National Trust of Australia (NSW)
• Red Cross Society (NSW)
• Turret Theatre (Sydney)
• Sydney Repertory Theatre Society
• Soldiers' Children Education Board (NSW)
• British Drama League
• Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust

Workplaces

• Normanhurst girls school (Ashfield, Sydney)
• Women's College (University of Sydney)