Dora Elizabeth Armitage Cooke papers and related material

MLMSS 11211

fonds

1877-1988

Textual Records, Clippings, Ephemera, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9650214

0.16 metres of textual material (1 box), including photographs

Dora Elizabeth Robertson Armitage Cooke (1858-1946) was born in St Clair, Michigan, on July 14, 1858. Dora moved with her family to Colombo, Sri Lanka as a child and married Charles Armitage in 1877, and gave birth to four children including Hugh Traill Armitage who later became Governor of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Dora arrived in Sydney from London in 1887, and the following year established the Ladies’ Typewriting Association. She was committed to women’s rights including suffrage and better working conditions. In 1902 Dora married Captain Walter Cooke and gave birth to her sixth child, Janie. Dora died in London in 1946.

Reference
Library correspondence file

By descent to William Armitage, grandson of Dora Elizabeth Armitage Cooke

Collection of papers, diaries, clippings, and photographs related to women's rights advocate and typist, Dora Elizabeth Armitage Cooke and Hugh Traill Armitage, 1877-1988.

Folder 1
Dora Elizabeth Armitage Cooke typed autobiography, two bound diaries, 1 May-31 December 1883, and 1 January-5 October 1884, typed memoirs of life in Colombo, Bombay, and Mosman, typing samples and papers related to Dora's typing service, dance cards from Colombo, three photographic portraits of Dora between the ages of 18 and 59, copy of certificate title to land belonging to Dora at Mosman's Bay, 1901, photographic portrait of Dora, Jack, Hugh, Sydney, Dora, and Julie Armitage, ca. 1901, copy of an article on Dora from 'The Bulletin', January 5, 1988, 1877-1988.
Folder 2
Papers, pamphlets, and clippings related to the National Council of Women of N.S.W., 1890-1901. Portrait Album of Who's Who at the International Congress of Women held in London, from June 26th to July 5th, 1899, and related papers. Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales Seventh Annual Report, 1898, Report of the Working & Factory Girls Club, 1896, The Women's College within the University of Sydney Calendar, 1899, Agriculture and Domestic Economy for Women, notes and suggestions by Mrs D. E. Armitage, 1898.
Folder 3
Photographic portrait of Hugh Traill Armitage, Governor of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ca. 1948, letter from Hugh Armitage to his brother, Sydney, 3 May 1948, update (1931) and addition (1983) to family history, 'Account of the Family of Armitages'.

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