• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE3708

Kiek, Winifred

  • Reverend
  • Maiden name Jackson, Winifred
(1884 – 1975)
  • Born 1884, Manchester United Kingdom
  • Died 1975, Adelaide South Australia Australia
  • Occupation Academic, Minister

Summary

Winifred Kiek moved to Adelaide with her family in 1920. She became the first woman to graduate BD from Melbourne College of Divinity in 1923, and began lecturing at Parkin College from 1930. In 1927 she was ordained as a minister of the Congregational Church, making her the first woman to be ordained to the ministry of any church in Australia.

Events

  • 2001

    Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women

Archival resources

  • State Library of South Australia
    • Rev. Winifred Kiek : SUMMARY RECORD

Published resources

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  • Related Organisations
    • Australian Federation of Women Voters (1921 - 1982)
    • League of Women Voters of South Australia (1909 - 1979)
  • Member
    • National Council of Women of South Australia (1902 - )
  • Membership
    • Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Australia (1889 - )
  • Related Concepts
    • Women and Religion in Australia