• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0557

Bage, Jessie Eleanor

  • OBE, OStJ
  • Occupation Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) worker, Welfare worker

Summary

In 1935 Jessie Bage became the first woman appointed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital Management committee. Educated at Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School Bage was a member of the school council. Jessie Bage House, which accommodates Year 12 students boarding at the school, is named in her honour. For her service with a number of social welfare associations Jessie Bage was appointed an Officer to the Order of the British Empire on 2 January 1956.

Events

  • 1928 - 1975

    Council member of the Melbourne Church of England Girls’ Grammar School

  • 2056

    Appointed Officer to the Order of the British Empire

  • 1935 - 1975

    Member of the Committee of Management at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

  • 1916 - 1920

    Served with the Military Voluntary Aid Detachment in English and French Hospitals during World War I

  • 1921 - 1934

    Honorary secretary of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Auxiliary

Archival resources

  • Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc
    • Miscellaneous papers
    • Bage family papers

Published resources

Related entries


  • Membership
    • Lyceum Club (Melbourne) (1912 - )
    • Alexandra Club (1903 - )
  • Aunt
    • Bage, Marie Charlotte (1863 - 1931)
  • Related Organisations
    • Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School (1902 - )