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Bensusan (nee De Lissa), Ethel

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USyd

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World War I

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Family name

Bensusan (nee De Lissa)

Given name(s)

Ethel

Initials

Gender

Female

Early education

Bensusan (nee De Lissa), E. : Riviera College

Tertiary education

Bensusan (nee De Lissa) E. : Arts.B.A., 1897, University of SydneyBensusan (nee De Lissa) E. : Economics, London School of Economics

Start date

1895

Education notes

Not in LSE register and no surviving student file - Email confirmation from London School of Economics Nov 2017

Birth

Bensusan (nee De Lissa) E. : Life.Birth 1877

Military service

Bensusan (nee De Lissa) E. : Military and health.Served: [ Wingate, England ] 1918

Survived

Survived WWI

Occupations

Bensusan (nee De Lissa) E. : Montessori Educationalist 1921 - @ London [ England ]

Other events

Bensusan (nee De Lissa) E. : Relationships.Married 19 Oct 1898Bensusan (nee De Lissa) E. : Life.Lived at - @ Ouro Preto Gold Mine [ Minas Gerais Brazil ]Bensusan (nee De Lissa) E. : Life.Lived at 1927 - @ London [ England ]Bensusan (nee De Lissa) E. : Life.Lived at - @ South Africa [ South Africa ]

Death

Bensusan (nee De Lissa) E. : Death 15 Oct 1973 @ London [ England ]

OCRd book entry or other narrative

B.A.(1897) Not listed in the Book of Remembrance. Served in the War Office in Britain working in the Secret Service of the Ministry of Information on censorship of foreign publications. The work allowed Bensusan to apply her expertise in foreign languages. Resident of the Women's College.

Later at - SYDNEY UNI ONLY

The Women's College, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia

USyd residential college

The Women's College, University of Sydney

Additional photograph(s)

Ethel De Lissa (middle row far left) Group Picture Women's College 1895 [ jpg ]Ethel Bensusan portrait c1971 [ jpg ]

Documents

Ethel De Lissa (Bensusan) Roll, Women's College [ pdf ]Bensusan War Work, Women's Magazine, Vol. 7 1920, pp. 37-38. [ pdf ]Bensusan, Death Notice, Women's Magazine, 1974, p. 26 [ pdf ]

Documents / photographs NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

Ethel Bensusan Interview Daily Telegraph 2 June 1970, p. 21 [ pdf ]

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http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17721572?searchTerm=ethel%20bensusan&searchLimits=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8205010?searchTerm=ethel%20bensusan&searchLimits=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17742836https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17742836/1103664https://books.google.com.au/books?id=V0QRHKV_3NcC&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&d...0bensusan%22&f=false