Mollie Lukis
Meroula ("Mollie") Frances Fellowes Lukis OBE (13 August 1912 – 1 August 2009) was a prominent Western Australian archivist and promoter of women's rights.[1][2]
Lukis was born in
Second World War
she worked at the Munitions Supply Laboratories in Victoria.
In 1945, State Librarian
Theodore Schellenberg, whom she met during his 1954 Australian tour. In 1957, she was awarded a Carnegie Grant which allowed her to travel to the United States to study with him.[4]
Lukis retired as the head of the
Battye Library
in 1971.
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1976[5] and an Order of Australia Medal for her archival work.[6] She also received an honorary doctorate from Murdoch University.
In 2006, The West Australian listed her as one of its 100 most influential people.
References
- ^ "Mollie Lukis The First State Archivist". State Records Office. 17 November 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ Pioneering archivist and activist dies at 97, Kate Campbell, The West Australian.
- ^ "Lukis, Merolla Frances Fellowes (Mollie) (1911 - )". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ "Mollie Lukis The First State Archivist". State Records Office. 17 November 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ "Miss Meroola Frances Fellowes Lukis". It's An Honour. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Dr Meroula Fellowes Lukis". It's An Honour. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
