About Kathleen Annie Gilman Jones
Lived 1880 – 1942 (aged 61–62). Kathleen Annie Gilman Jones was a British head teacher.
Kathleen Annie Gilman Jones (30 September 1880 – 16 September 1942) was a British educationist. She was the headmistress of Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School from 1916 to 1939.
Life Jones was born in the Staffordshire village of Fazeley. Her parents were Harriett (born Gilman) and her husband Charles Jones.
At the school she took an independent line on teaching. She did not require women teachers to be single and her school was cited as an example of equitable salaries by women teachers demanding equal treatment.
Aileen Dent's portrait of Miss Gilman-Jones was a finalist for the 1928 Archibald Prize. The painting is at the school.
Jones died in hospital in Royal Tunbridge Wells in 1942.
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Kathleen Annie Gilman Jones was born on 30 September 1880 in Fazeley.
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