Person

Fitzpatrick, Aileen (1898 - 1974)

Born
17 August 1898
Warialda, New South Wales, Australia
Died
23 June 1974
Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Community worker and Teacher

Summary

Aileen Fitzpatrick commenced her working life as a secondary school teacher in New South Wales. An interest in social work led to her becoming the director of the Board of Social Study and Training, New South Wales. Questions about the standard of the courses offered and the quality of the teaching staff resulted in withdrawal of support and eventually Fitzpatrick's resignation. She later worked with migrants and refugees, but this was also thwarted by the lack of formal qualifications of Fitzpatrick and her staff, once again resulting in her resignation.

Details

Chronology

1919
Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney
1921 - 1926
Career position - Teacher in the New South Wales Department of Education Secondary School Section
1926 - ?
Career position - Consultant in Australia of International Migration Service
1926 - 1930
Career position - State Secretary, New South Wales Country Women's Association
1931 - 1940s
Career position - Director of the Board of Social Study and Training in New South Wales
1940 - 1946s
Career position - Director of Social Research
1942
Career position - Joint Founder and Honorary Secretary, Australian Institute of Sociology

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Book Sections

  • Regan, Kerry, 'Fitzpatrick, Aileen (1897-1974), community Worker, teacher and social work educator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), p. 177. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140190b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

  • Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details

Ailie Smith

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