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Ellen Tuckey

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Ellen Marguerite Tuckey
Born
Ellen Tuckey

4 February 1884
Dublin
Died22 May 1939
Dublin
NationalityIrish
Alma materTrinity College Dublin

Ellen Marguerite Tuckey (1884–1939) was one of the first three women to enter Trinity College, Dublin in 1904 with Avarina Shegog after Marion Johnston.

Biography

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Ellen, or Elsie as she was also known, was born on the 4 February 1884 to Ellen Elizabeth Orpen and Davys Tuckey, barrister-at-law, and Assistant Land Commissioner in Dublin city. She had two brothers, Charles Orpen Tuckey and Arthur Davys Tuckey.[1][2][3] She was educated in Trinity College Dublin, joining Marion Johnston in the summer term in 1904.[4][5]

Provost George Salmon reputedly said women would enter Trinity over his dead body.

She graduated with a B.A., Senior Moderator in Literature, in 1907.[6] She went on to gain the teaching diploma and spent time studying in Bryn Mawr College in the United States.[7] Tuckey taught for several years in both India and Canada before returning to Dublin to become Head Mistress of the Masonic Female Orphan School of Ireland, Ballsbridge, Dublin.[8][9]

She died unexpectedly aged 56 on 22 May 1939.[10]

References

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  1. ^ GODDARD HENRY ORPEN. "THE ORPEN FAMILY" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie.
  3. ^ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". census.nationalarchives.ie.
  4. ^ E. Lisa Panayotidis; Paul Stortz (19 September 2017). Women in Higher Education, 1850-1970: International Perspectives. Taylor & Francis. pp. 420–. ISBN 978-1-134-45824-0.
  5. ^ Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). "Calendar". Dublin.
  6. ^ Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). "Calendar". Dublin.
  7. ^ "Bryn Mawr Alumnae Quarterly, 1911-1913". Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr Alumnae Association. 1911.
  8. ^ Judith Harford; Claire Rush (2010). Have Women Made a Difference?: Women in Irish Universities, 1850-2010. Peter Lang. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-3-0343-0116-9.
  9. ^ "Thom's Directories 1934".
  10. ^ "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie.