HerStory
Blanche McNAMARA
Born: 1859
Died: 1900
Special Achievements:1897-1900 - Blanche McNamara was the pioneering first woman school inspector in South Australia and also the first in Australia. She was appointed specifically to pay attention to the girls' departments.
Resources
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Image - Blanche McNamara
Photo provided by, and used with permission of, State Library of South Australia.
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Link - THE LADY SCHOOL INSPECTOR. HER FIRST REPORT.
Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Friday 20 May 1898, page 3
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Link - Government Schools
The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
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References
The late Miss BLANCHE McNAMARA. First Lady Inspector of State Schools. The Sydney Morning Herald. April 28, 1900:3.
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Link - MEMORIAM. The late Miss BLANCHE McNAMARA.
Herald (Adelaide, SA: 1899 - 1910), Saturday 28 April 1900, page 3
