Ida Leeson

Ida Leeson
Ida Leeson at the wedding reception of Paquita Crouch in 1933
Born
Ida Emily Leeson

(1885-02-11)11 February 1885
Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia
Died22 January 1964(1964-01-22) (aged 78)
Castlecrag, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationLibrarian
Known forMitchell Librarian

Ida Emily Leeson (11 February 1885 – 22 January 1964) was the Mitchell Librarian at the State Library of New South Wales from December 1932 – April 1946.[1] She was the first woman to achieve a senior management position in an Australian library.

  1. ^ Fletcher, Brian H. (Brian Hinton); State Library of New South Wales (2007), Magnificent obsession : the story of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Allen & Unwin in association with State Library of New South Wales, ISBN 978-1-74175-291-5