Mary Ellen Roberts b. 1 January 1866

  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Roberts was the head of the Department of Women's Handicrafts at the East Sydney Technical College from 1909 until 1924. She was a member of the founding editorial committee for the Tech's Technical Gazette and the VP of the Feminist Club. She founded the Vocations Club at the Tech to guide students into appropriate careers and introduced a 'Business Women's Course'.
Tags: tailoring, millinery, lace-making

Citations

  • Ruth Teale, 'Roberts, Mary Ellen (1866–1924)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/roberts-mary-ellen-8227/text14401, published first in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 31 July 2019.

    http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/roberts-mary-ellen-8227

  • Mary Ellen Roberts, The Cutter’s Guide (1907)

  • Mary Ellen Roberts, Garment Cutting for Girls (1911) and

  • Mary Ellen Roberts, Dress-Cutting Measure Book for Students (1913)