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'''Dame Louisa Innes Lumsden''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=|DBE|}}(31 December 1840-2 January 1935) born into a wealthy family in Aberdeen, Scotland [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]], was a lecturer in classics at [[Girton College, Cambridge]] and the first Headmistress of [[St Leonards School]], [[Fife]]. She is credited with introducing [[lacrosse]] to the school.<ref>{{cite web |
'''Dame Louisa Innes Lumsden''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=|DBE|}}(31 December 1840-2 January 1935) born into a wealthy family in Aberdeen, Scotland [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]], was a lecturer in classics at [[Girton College, Cambridge]] and the first Headmistress of [[St Leonards School]], [[Fife]]. She is credited with introducing [[lacrosse]] to the school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stleonards-fife.org/Index.asp?MainID=4382 |title=History of Lacrosse at St Leonards |accessdate=2008-05-01 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work=STLeonards-Fife.org |publisher= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506160603/http://www.stleonards-fife.org/Index.asp?MainID=4382 |archivedate=2008-05-06 |df= }}</ref> |
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Girton College was established by Emily Davies in 1869 in Hitchin a village 27 miles from Cambridge, as the first college for women students, studying for the Tripos examinations. Among the first five students was Louisa Lumsden. She completed the course and went on to become a lecturer at the college. After some years she resigned after conflicts with Emily Davies about neglect of student welfare.<ref>McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita, Women at Cambridge: a men's university, though of a mixed type, Gollancz 1975, p 66</ref> |
Girton College was established by Emily Davies in 1869 in Hitchin a village 27 miles from Cambridge, as the first college for women students, studying for the Tripos examinations. Among the first five students was Louisa Lumsden. She completed the course and went on to become a lecturer at the college. After some years she resigned after conflicts with Emily Davies about neglect of student welfare.<ref>McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita, Women at Cambridge: a men's university, though of a mixed type, Gollancz 1975, p 66</ref> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.stleonards-fife.org/Index.asp?MainID=4382 History of Lacrosse at St Leonards] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080506160603/http://www.stleonards-fife.org/Index.asp?MainID=4382 History of Lacrosse at St Leonards] |
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*[http://www.st-leonards.org.uk/Index.asp?MainID=5801 November 2006 - News Stories] |
*[http://www.st-leonards.org.uk/Index.asp?MainID=5801 November 2006 - News Stories] |
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*[http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/searchthecollections/printed-collections/biog-press/bio_l.cfm Biographical press cuttings] |
*[http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/searchthecollections/printed-collections/biog-press/bio_l.cfm Biographical press cuttings] |
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Revision as of 13:54, 26 May 2017
Dame Louisa Innes Lumsden DBE(31 December 1840-2 January 1935) born into a wealthy family in Aberdeen, Scotland DBE, was a lecturer in classics at Girton College, Cambridge and the first Headmistress of St Leonards School, Fife. She is credited with introducing lacrosse to the school.[1]
Girton College was established by Emily Davies in 1869 in Hitchin a village 27 miles from Cambridge, as the first college for women students, studying for the Tripos examinations. Among the first five students was Louisa Lumsden. She completed the course and went on to become a lecturer at the college. After some years she resigned after conflicts with Emily Davies about neglect of student welfare.[2]
Lumsden, in a letter written home from the White Mountains in New Hampshire dated 6 September 1884, recounted her visit to watch the Canghuwaya Indians play lacrosse against the Montreal Club in Montreal. She wrote: It is a wonderful game, beautiful and graceful. (I was so charmed with it that I introduced it at St Leonards.)"
Miss Lumsden resigned from St Leonards in 1882 but Rosabelle Sinclair, who established the first women's lacrosse team in the United States attended St Leonards between 1906 and 1910. Rosabelle Sinclair established lacrosse for girls at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Maryland.[3]
Miss Lumsden's autobiography, Yellow Leaves (1933), was eventually presented to the US Lacrosse Museum in Baltimore.
References
- ^ "History of Lacrosse at St Leonards". STLeonards-Fife.org. Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita, Women at Cambridge: a men's university, though of a mixed type, Gollancz 1975, p 66
- ^ "History of Bryn Mawr School". brynmawrschool.org. Retrieved 2008-07-18.