Scottish-born educationalist and Cambridge tutor 1840–1935
Dame
Louisa Lumsden
DBE
on 4 July 1925 by Bassano Ltd
Born
Louisa Innes Lumsden
31 December 1840
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Died
2 January 1935 (1935-01-03) (aged 94)
Edinburgh, UK
Education
Girton College, Cambridge
Occupation
Headmistress St Leonards School (1877–82)
Known for
Girton pioneer
Campaigner for equality for women in education
Awards
Honorary LL.D (St.A.)
Dame Louisa Innes LumsdenDBE (31 December 1840 – 2 January 1935) was a Scottish pioneer of female education.[1] Lumsden was one of the first five students Hitchen College, later Girton College, Cambridge in 1869 and one of the first three women to pass the Tripos exam in 1873.[2] She returned as the first female resident and tutor to Girton in 1873.[3]
From 1877-82, Lumsden became the first Headmistress of St Leonards School, Fife, and first warden of University Hall, University of St Andrews which opened in 1896.[4] She is credited with introducing lacrosse to St Leonards.[5][6]
In 1908, Lumsden was asked to become the President of the Aberdeen branch of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).[7] When Scottish suffrage organisations organised the planting of The Suffrage Oak to mark some women getting the vote in 1918, Lumsden at age 78 was given the 'honour' of planting the tree.[8]
^Lumsden, Louisa Innes (1933). Yellow leaves: memories of a long life. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. p. 1.
^Lumsden, Louisa Innes (1933). Yellow leaves: memories of a long life. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. pp. 46–55.
^Ewan, Elizabeth, ed. (2018). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-4744-3629-8. OCLC 1057237368.
^Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"History of Lacrosse at St Leonards". STLeonards-Fife.org. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
^Elizabeth J. Morse, “Lumsden, Dame Louisa Innes”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1]
^Lumsden, Louisa Innes (1933). Yellow leaves: memories of a long life. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. p. 170.
^Lumsden, Louisa Innes (1933). Yellow leaves: memories of a long life. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. p. 183.
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