Dictionary of Sydney

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Macdonald, Louisa

Educationist whose fight for a university education in England equipped her well for the battle to establish the academic and corporate traditions of Women's College when a university education for women seemed to many 'not only unnecessary but unsuitable'.

Milestone
Born
Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland
10 Dec 1858
Arrived Sydney
1891
Departed Sydney
1919
Died
London
28 Nov 1949
Occupation
Position
1890 - 1899
1891 - 1919