1. Cara, Lady David was an Australian educator, feminist, and social reformer.
18 Facts About Cara David
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Cara David's parents were Samuel Mallett and Pamela nee Wright.
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Cara David's father died in 1860 and her mother soon afterwards.
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Cara David attended the local school and became a student-teacher there when she was 13.
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In 1875, Cara David went away to the Whitelands College in London and remained there as a lecturer when she completed her studies.
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When she was 29 years old, Cara David moved to Australia to take up the position of principal in the Hurlstone Training College for Women in Sydney.
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Cara David's husband was a geologist and as a result she travelled around with him.
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Cara David became the examiner for Sydney Technical College and was part of the hiring team for teaching diplomas in the University of Sydney from 1895 to 1897.
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Cara David was inquisitive and investigated several religions including the Methodist, Christadelphian, Quaker, Seventh-Day Adventist, Unitarian, and Baptist sects.
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Cara David travelled with her husband to Mount Kosciuszko, in Australia, to England and to Halifax, Canada.
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Cara David regularly took actions which were seen as daring or shocking.
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Intensely interested in social reform and education Cara David was a member of the National Council of Women.
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Cara David's professional standing gave her influence in the Department of Public Instruction of New South Wales.
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Cara David was a founding member of the Women's club in the University of Sydney where she was elected vice-president.
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Cara David founded the Women's National Movement, as its first president in June 1916.
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In later life Cara David became the state commissioner of Girl Guides in New South Wales, retiring at 82 from a role she took on for the previous ten years.
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Cara David is believed to have convinced her husband not to accept a knighthood until eventually his work pressured him into it in 1920.
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Cara David lived after that with her daughter Molly in Hornsby.