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Scott, Rose (1847-1925)

Occupation
feminist; law reformer; women's activist; women's suffragist
Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-527700

Biographies

Australian Women's Register

Social reformer, Rose Scott was born at Glendon, near Singleton, NSW, on 8 October, 1847. Rose Scott was one of the key figures in the turn-of-the century movement committed to the universal suffrage and a general improvement in the condition of women. She lived at home and did not marry, she devoted her life to the women's movement. In 1889 she helped form the Women's Literary Society in Sydney and it was out of this society that the Womanhood Suffrage League developed in May 1891. She wrote and debated and lectured and argued until in 1902 the Women's Suffrage Act became law in New South Wales. She lobbied for the establishment of Children's Courts for juvenile offenders, for the 'age of consent' to be raised from fourteen to sixteen for girls (Crimes (Girls' Protection) Acts 1910), and for a more comprehensive and equitable system of family maintenance to be established. She opposed Federation and, in later years, conscription. She was president of a local branch of the London Peace Society, formed in 1907, and international secretary of the National Council of Women of New South Wales, formed in 1896. One of the most important figures of her time she died in Sydney on 20 April 1925.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

SCOTT, ROSE (1847-1925), feminist, was born on 8 October 1847 at Glendon, near Singleton, New South Wales, fifth of eight children of Helenus Scott, Indian-born pastoralist and later police magistrate at Newcastle, and his wife Sarah Ann, sister of George William and Henry Keylock Rusden and an accomplished linguist and scholar. Rose and her closest sister Augusta (Gussie) were educated by their mother while their brothers went to boarding school. A renowned beauty and well-connected, Rose regularly visited Sydney. Like her sisters, she was brought up to marry, but unlike them, she remained unmarried. Later she claimed that life was too short to waste it in the service of one man. The bibliophile David Scott Mitchell was a cousin and a favourite, but her youthful romantic interests remain speculative.

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Australian Women's Register

Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

Resources

Selected resources (12)

Australian Women's Register

  1. Rose Scott: Vision and Revision in Feminism
    Allen, Judith A.
    [1994]
    Published: Oxford University Press, Melbourne
  2. SCOTT, ROSE (1847-1925)
    National Library of Australia
    Published: National Library of Australia
  3. The Complete Book of Great Australian Women: Thirty-six women who changed the course of Australia
    De Vries, Susanna
    [2003]
    Published: HarperCollins, Sydney
  4. Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
    Australian National University
    [2006]
  5. 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology
    Radi, Heather
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press, Sydney
  6. Scott, Rose (1847-1925)
    Allen, Judith
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
  7. Rose Scott journal
    [1889 - 1893]
    Journal kept by Rose Scott between 7 October 1889 and 17 December 1893. On the inside of the front cover is written: 'Days & Strengths in a Womans Life'. Also included are a number of miscellaneous pages which were found interleaved throughout the journal.
    1 box
    Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
    ML MSS 7213
  8. Papers of the Scott Family, 1777-1925
    [1777 - 1925]
    Helenus Scott, the elder, 1760-1821, formerly physician in the medical service of the East India Company, died on the voyage to Australia. His sons, Robert, 1799?-1844, and Helenus, the younger, 1802-1879, received land grants at Glendon, near Singleton, N.S.W. Helenus the younger's wife was Sarah Anne Rusden. Their daughter, Rose Scott, 1847-1925, prominent in the early feminist movement in N.S.W., sought the improvement through legislation of the position of women and children. The papers of Helenus Scott, the elder, 1777-1821, include personal, business, medical and scientific papers relating to his career in both England and India. Robert Scott's papers, 1820-1843, concern his properties Glendon and Dalkeith. The papers of Helenus Scott, the younger, 1818-1879, contain personal and business papers re Glendon and Roughit properties. Sarah Anne Scott's papers, c.1845-1892, are mainly letters received. The papers of Rose Scott, which form the bulk of the collection, consist of personal papers, 1869-1925, and the records of organizations of which she was an office-bearer - Womanhood Suffrage League, 1891-1902, Women's Political Educational League, 1902-1909, National Council of Women of N.S.W., 1896-1925, Peace Society of N.S.W., 1907-1924 and others, together with many leaflets and newspaper cuttings. Also included are papers of the Rusden Family, 1811-1923 and those of Rose's nephew, Helenus Hope Scott Wallace, 1888-1925
    State Library of New South Wales
    MLMSS 38
  9. Rose Scott - Papers
    I. Manuscripts, 1863-1868 consisting of a prose story and two poems by D. S. Mitchell, also a poem by Rose Scott. II. Letters received, 1865-1923 A. David Scott Mitchell, 1865-1876, with some undated letters They refer mainly to social events and literature and contain mention of his book collection. B. H. C. L. Anderson, 1915, concerning the writing of his reminiscences of D. S. Mitchell. C. George Robertson, 1923, and C. H. Lloyd, 1923, concerning D. S. Mitchell, with draft letter from Rose Scott to the Principal Librarian, Public Library of New South Wales, November 1923. III. Papers, 1862 consisting of confirmation certificates of Rose Scott, 1862, and visiting card of H. H. Wallace
    State Library of New South Wales
    A 1437
  10. Miles Franklin - Papers, 1841-1954
    [Textual Records and Photographs : 1841 - 1954]
    The collection comprises personal and literary papers of Miles Franklin. Personal papers include diaries and notebooks and an extensive collection of correspondence. Literary papers include manuscripts and publishing papers of Miles Franklin, as well as literary papers of Mary Fullerton. The collection also includes family papers of the Franklin and Lampe families and papers received from the estates of Alice Henry and Mary Fullerton. It is a very large collection of 116 vols, 14 boxes, 3 folders. Some of the collection has been preserved on microfilm. The following 74 manuscript volumes/boxes have been copied onto preservation microfilm and will be issued in place of the originals: MLMSS 364/2-42, 44-55, 59-60, 62-67, 76-77, 80-81, 83-84, 86-88, 92, 113X-115. For further details of reel numbers, please consult staff at the Mitchell Library Information Desk. The following 49 original volumes/boxes are unfilmed and may be issued: MLMSS 364/43, 56-58, 61, 68-75, 78-79, 82, 85, 89-91, 93-112, 116-124. There is a detailed index at MLMss 364/1 There is also an on-line finding guide accessible at : http://findaid.library.uwa.edu.au/cgi-bin/nph-dweb/dynaweb/findaid/franklin1/@Generic__BookView;cs=default;ts=default
    Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
    MLMSS 364
  11. National Council of Women of New South Wales - further records, ca. 1895-2004
    [1895 - 2004]
    material concerning the Centenary year, 1996; Captain Cook Bi-centennial celebrations, 1970; minute books; newsletters; annual reports; photographs including Rose Scott, Lady Windeyer, Miles Franklin, Dame Mary Gilmore, Margaret Windeyer; balance sheets; booklets; seminars and papers; reports and letters; audio tapes; video tapes; newscuttings.
    12 boxes
    Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
    Original : MLMSS
  12. Women's Literary Society
    [1892 - 1893]
    Minute book, 1892-1893.
    Mitchell Library
    374.23W

Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

  1. 'Scott, Rose (1847 - 1925)' - Australian Dictionary of Biography
    Judith Allen
    [1988]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
    Series: Volume 11
    pp 547-549.

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  1. Miss Rose Scott: portrait
    Longstaff, John...
    [Art work : 1951]
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    ... Mitchell, David Scott. 1836-1907 ... Scott, Rose (1847 - 1925) ...
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    benefactor; linguist; magazine/journal editor; pacifist; Shakespearean scholar; women's activist
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  3. Franklin, Miles. 1879-1954
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