Ellen Tuckey

Ellen Marguerite Tuckey (1884-1939) was one of the first three women to enter Trinity College, Dublin in 1904 with Avarina Shegog after Marion Johnston .

Ellen Marguerite Tuckey
Born
Ellen Tuckey

4 February 1884
Dublin
Died22 May 1939
Dublin
NationalityIrish
Alma materTrinity College Dublin

Biography

Ellen, or Elsie as she was also known, was born on the 4 February 1884 to Ellen Elizabeth Orpen and Davys Tuckey, barrister-at-law, and Assistant Land Commissioner in Dublin city. She had two brothers, Charles Orpen Tuckey and Arthur Davys Tuckey.[1][2][3] She was educated in Trinity College Dublin, joining Marion Johnston in the summer term in 1904.[4][5]

Provost George Salmon reputedly said women would enter Trinity over his dead body.

She graduated with a B.A., Senior Moderator in Literature, in 1907.[6] She went on to gain the teaching diploma and spent time studying in Bryn Mawr College in the United States.[7] Tuckey taught for several years in both India and Canada before returning to Dublin to become Head Mistress of the Masonic Female Orphan School of Ireland, Ballsbridge, Dublin.[8][9]

She died unexpectedly aged 56 on 22 May 1939.[10]

References
  1. GODDARD HENRY ORPEN. "THE ORPEN FAMILY" (PDF).
  2. "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie.
  3. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". census.nationalarchives.ie.
  4. E. Lisa Panayotidis; Paul Stortz (19 September 2017). Women in Higher Education, 1850-1970: International Perspectives. Taylor & Francis. pp. 420–. ISBN 978-1-134-45824-0.
  5. Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). "Calendar". Dublin.
  6. Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). "Calendar". Dublin.
  7. "Bryn Mawr Alumnae Quarterly, 1911-1913". Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr Alumnae Association. 1911.
  8. Judith Harford; Claire Rush (2010). Have Women Made a Difference?: Women in Irish Universities, 1850-2010. Peter Lang. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-3-0343-0116-9.
  9. "Thom's Directories 1934".
  10. "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie.
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