Princess Ida Club (1888 - 1915)

The Princes Ida Club was established on 21 July 1888 and intended to "promote the common interests of, and to form a bond of union between the present and past women students" of The University of Melbourne. The women students’ club took its name from Tennyson’s The Princess and their colours were lilac and daffodil. The activities of the Club included social functions, debates, and literary discussions. In 1915 the Club merged with the University Union Women's Representative Committee.

Member

• Brennan, Anna Teresa (1879 - 1962)

  Joined the Club in 1904, held office in 1907-1909 and remained on the committee until 1913

  [1904 - 1913]

President

• Webb, Jessie Stobo Watson (1880 - 1944)

  [1909 - ]

Related Corporate Bodies

• National Council of Women of Victoria (1902 - )

  One of the 35 founding organisations

  [1902 - 1915]

Online Resources

• University of Melbourne Archives, 'Admission of Women 1880', in Keys to the Past, 2003, http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/archives/keys/web/061.html. [ Details... ]

See also

• Kelly, Farley, 'The 'Woman Question' in Melbourne, 1880-1914', PhD thesis, Monash University, 1983. [ Details... ]
• Kelly, Farley, Degrees of liberation : a short history of women in the University of Melbourne, Women Graduates Centenary Committee, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., 1985, 172 pp. [ Details... ]
• Ridley, Ronald T, Jessie Webb, a memoir, University of Melbourne, Department of History, Parkville, Vic., 1994, 208 pp. [ Details... ]