Alumnae Stories

Diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in 1995 and 2004, former Women’s College student and Council member Sally Crossing founded the Breast Cancer Action Group NSW in 1997. This group has 750 survivor members and provides a voice for people affected by breast cancer. (more…)

Feminist and Social Activist (1889-1970)

JESSIE MARY GREY STREET, feminist and social activist, was born in 1889 at Ranchi, Chota Nagpur, India, daughter of Charles Alfred Gordon Lillingston and Mabel Harriet (Ogilvie). The family moved to Australia in 1896 to take up residence at Yulgibar, Clarence River NSW. Jessie was educated at Wycombe Abbey School, England, then matriculated by private study in March 1908 and enrolled in Arts at the University of Sydney. She went into residence at Women’s College (more…)