Henrietta Jessie Shaw Daley

Henrietta Jessie Shaw Daley was a Melbourne-based community worker, also known as Jessie. She was born on 17 May 1890.[1]

Henrietta Jessie Shaw Daley
Born17 May 1890
Melvern, Melbourne
Died10 November 1943
OccupationCommunity Worker
ChildrenFive
Parent(s)Thomas Obbinson(F), Rosa(M)

Education and Early Life

Daley went to Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, and Rosbercon College, Brighton, and graduated in science from the University of Melbourne.[1][2] Charles Studdy Daley, a civic commissioner, is the husband of Henrietta.[1][2] Daley had five children.[1][2]

Career

Daley was the district commissioner and president of the Girl Guides Association, Vice-President and president of the Canberra Mothercraft Society; Vice-president and the national board of the local branch of the YWCA; and the founder, inaugural president of ACT, National Council of Women.[1][2][3]

Honors

Daley died in 1943 and a room at YWCA, Canberra was named in her honor.[1][2]

References
  1. Dermody, Kathleen, "Daley, Henrietta Jessie Shaw (1890–1943)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 21 March 2019
  2. "Daley, Henrietta Jessie Shaw (Jessie) - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". womenaustralia.info. The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. "National Council of Women of the Australian Capital Territory. (1939-) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 21 March 2019.



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