The Australian Women's Register

Summary

From 1976 until 2002 Helen Crisp was an Honorary Fellow with the University of Canberra (formerly Canberra College of Advanced Education). She was made a Member of the Order of Australia on 8 June 1981 for service to education.

The daughter of E and D Wighton, Crisp completed her education at Girton (Adelaide) before graduating from the universities of Adelaide and Oxford. She married Leslie Crisp (later a professor at the Australian National University) on 22 June 1940. Helen Crisp, a feminist who worked in the field of education, was a member of several women’s and social welfare organisations.

Events

• 1981

  Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

• 1976 - 2002

  Honorary Fellow at the University of Canberra (formerly Canberra College of Advanced Education)

• 1991 - 1994

  Commissioner at the Australian Capital Territory Legal Aid Commission

• 1985 - 1986

  Council chairmain of the Canberra College of Advanced Education

• 1966 - 1984

  Deputy chairman of the Canberra College of Advanced Education

• 1975 - 1977

  Deputy commissioner of the Capital Territory Health Commission

• 1974 - 1975

  Deputy chairman of the interim committee for the Capital Territory Health Commission

• 1965 - 1966

  Member of the commonwealth committee of enquiry into the need for a College of Advanced Education in the Australian Capital Territory

• 1962 - 1965

  President of the Australian Federation of University Women

• 1961 - 1971

  Member of the Canberra technical education advisory committee/council

• 1980

  Publication The Mothering Years