Annie Mackenzie Golding

Annie Mackenzie Golding (27 October 1855 – 28 December 1934) was an Australian teacher, suffragette and feminist activist.

Annie Mackenzie Golding
Cropped image of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales showing Annie Mackenzie Golding
Born(1855-10-27)27 October 1855
Tambaroora, New South Wales, Australia
Died28 December 1934(1934-12-28) (aged 79)
Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationTeacher

Early life

Annie Golding was born at Tambaroora, New South Wales. She was the eldest daughter of Ann (née Fraser) and her husband Joseph Golding.[1] Her family was Catholic.[2]

Career

Golding trained as a teacher and worked at Sallys Flat Provisional School, Bathurst.[1] Golding was a member of the Committee of Public School Teacher's Institute, the Council of NSW Public School Teachers' Association 1897–1915.[3]

Activism

With her sisters, Belle and Kate, Golding was a key member of the suffragette movement in New South Wales.[2] Families provided a network of support in for people working in political and social reform movements at this time.[4] She was a member Womanhood Suffrage League NSW and a founding member and president of the Women's Progressive Association.[3]

Golding was involved in the development of the Women's Workers Union. In 1934, she gave a speech titled "What Women Have Secured Through The Vote" at Adyar Hall.[5]

Death and legacy

Golding died on 28 December 1934 at Lewisham Hospital of injuries from an accident when alighting from a tram a month before. After a funeral mass at St. Brendan's Church, Annandale she was buried at Waverley Cemetery on 31 December 1934.[6]

Golding Place, in the Canberra suburb of Chisholm, is named for Golding and her sister Belle Golding.[7]

References
  1. Kingston, Beverley, "Golding, Annie Mackenzie (1855–1934)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 13 March 2021
  2. Melbourne, The University of. "The Golding Sisters - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. "AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY National Memorials Ordinance 1928 DETERMINATION". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Periodic (National : 1977 - 2011). 15 May 1987. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. Frances, Raelene (2013). "Authentic Leaders: Women and Leadership in Australian Unions before World War II". Labour History (104): 9–30. doi:10.5263/labourhistory.104.0009. ISSN 0023-6942. JSTOR 10.5263/labourhistory.104.0009.
  5. "STRIVING for Better Working CONDITIONS". Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982). 10 March 1934. p. 26. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. "OBITUARY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 261. New South Wales, Australia. 29 December 1934. p. 12. Retrieved 14 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Periodic (National : 1977 - 2011) - 15 May 1987 - p2". Trove. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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