Jessie Stobo Watson Webb was born in New South Wales in 1880. After studying at the University of Melbourne, she began lecturing in the history department in 1908. She was one of the founders of University Women's College, the Victorian Woman Graduates' Association and the Lyceum Club. Jessie Webb died in 1944.

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Online Resources

• 'Webb, Jessie Stobo Watson', The Australian Women's Register, National Foundation for Australian Women, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0580b.htm. Details
• Fitzpatrick, Kathleen, 'Webb, Jessie Stobo Watson (1880-1944)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University (ANU), c.2006, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/webb-jessie-stobo-watson-9025/text15893. Details
• Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 'Jessie Stobo Watson Webb (1880-1944)', in 150 Years/150 Stories: Brief Biographies of One Hundred and Fifty Remarkable Individuals Associated with The University of Melbourne, 2003, http://www.huu.unimelb.edu.au/university-history/150stories/webb.html. Details