Eminent Alumnae

In 2021 Â鶹ÊÓƵ School celebrated 135 years of exceptional girls’ education. During this year we commenced this Eminent Alumnae project to bring the stories of our inspiring Old Girls out of the archives and into the world for the entire Â鶹ÊÓƵ School community to celebrate. These Old Girls showed audacity and tenacity as they fought for recognition in their professions. Beyond their professions they also passionately promoted equality for women in the workplace. The victories they earned for women who came after them prove them to be true ‘daughters of the light’.

This is an open ended project. If there are Old Girl successes that we are not aware of, or if there are edits to be made to current stories, we wholeheartedly seek your input. Please contact our Archivist, Barbara Hoffman, at bhoffman@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au with anything you would like to add.

We have arranged these stories by Old Girl cohort year, starting with the most recent and going back all the way to the first few years of the School’s life. You are able to search by profession by using the ‘View by Profession’ list on the right.

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Mabel Sutton (1896) MBE

Mabel Harriett Sutton (1896) was a renowned and highly respected educator, an Â鶹ÊÓƵ School Old Girl, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ School First ...

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Marguerite Sutton (1895)

Marguerite Sarah Sutton (1895), enrolled at Â鶹ÊÓƵ School with her younger sister (and future Â鶹ÊÓƵ School Headmistress) Mabe ...

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Amy Isobel Wearne (1889)

Amy Isobel Wearne (1889) distinguished herself while a student at Â鶹ÊÓƵ School. She was Dux in 1889 and went on to become ...