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.
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Chronology
- 1919
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the 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 of the 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 of the 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, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 14 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), p. 177. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140190b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535171. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/265990998. Details
- 'Fitzpatrick, Aileen (18980817-19740623)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468207. Details
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
Created: 10 March 2003, Last modified: 9 April 2003