- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4347
Macdonald, Louisa
(1858 – 1949)- Born 10 December, 1858, Arbroath Forfarshire Scotland
- Died 28 November, 1949, London England
- Occupation Educationist, Suffragist, Women's rights activist
Summary
Louisa Macdonald was the first Principal of the Women’s College at the University of Sydney.
Details
As Principal of the Women’s College, Macdonald played an active role in university life. She was involved in the Sydney University Women’s Association, which she helped found in 1892; the University Women’s Society (University Settlement); and the Women’s Club.
During the 1890s she was also active in the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales and the Women’s Literary Society.
In 1907 Macdonald was the first woman to stand for the University Senate, but was defeated.
Events
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1970
Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in classics, University of London
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1970
Master of Arts, University of London
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1970
Worked as a private tutor, and as a researcher in classical antiquities at the British Museum.
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1970
Moved to Australia to become the founding Principal of the Women’s College, University of Sydney
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1970 - 1910
While Principal of Women’s College, Macdonald continued to pursue her interest in classics, lecturing and cataloguing the Greek vases in the Nicholson Musuem of Antiquities.
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1914 - 1915
Vice-President of the Classical Association of New South Wales
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1919
Returned to London, where she joined the council of the University of London
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1907
First woman to stand for the University of Sydney Senate, but was defeated
Archival resources
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Macdonald, Louisa (18581210-19491128), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1203161
- Miss Louisa Macdonald 1858-1949, The Women's College, 2009, http://www.thewomenscollege.com.au/louisa.html
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Resource Section
- Macdonald, Louisa (1858-1949), Alexander, H., 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100245b.htm
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Book
- Letters from Louisa: A Woman's View of the 1890s, Based on the Letters of Louisa Macdonald, First Principal of the Women's College, University of Sydney, Beaumont, Jeanette and W. Vere Hole, 1996
- The History of the Women's College within the University of Sydney, Hole, W. Vere and Anne H. Treweeke, 1953
- Pamphlet
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