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'''Joan Mitchell Montgomery''' (born July 1925) is a retired Australian principal.<ref name=":1"></ref>
== Early life ==
Montgomery was born in [[Melbourne]] in 1925, the eldest of four daughters of Beryl and William Montgomery. She attended [[Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne|Presbyterian Ladies' College]] in East Melbourne, where she played tennis and baseball. In April 1942, when Montgomery was 16, her mother died and her father's cousin Anne Montgomery came to live with the family; 20 months later, in January 1944, Montgomery's father died and Anne Montgomery assumed responsibility for the four girls.<ref name=":0"></ref>
Montgomery studied at the [[University of Melbourne]] and graduated in 1948 with a bachelor of arts degree and a diploma of education.<ref name=":0" />
== Career ==
Montgomery's first teaching position was at [[Frensham School]] at [[Mittagong]] in New South Wales, from 1949 to 1951. She then taught in London for two years (1952-54), at Tintern Church of England Girls Grammar School for two years (1955-57) and then in London again in 1958 and 1959. In 1960 Montgomery took up her first position as headmistress, at the private Melbourne girls' school [[Clyde School]], a position she held until 1968 when she moved to the position of principal of Presbytarian Ladies College.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> Montgomery retired from the college at the age of 60, in 1985, following a change in school governance due to the re-organisation of Presbytarian schools under the newly formed [[Uniting Church in Australia]].<ref name=":0" />
Montgomery served the wider educational community as president of the Association of Independent Girls' School of Victoria and president of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools of Australia (AHIGSA). During her tenure with AHIGSA she advocated for a merge with the Headmasters' Conference of Independent Schools of Australia (HMCISA), a move which occurred in August 1985 with the formation of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA). She was also a member of the council of The University of Melbourne, [[Ormond College]] and Medley Hall. She was a board member of the [[The Alfred Hospital|Alfred Hospital]], [[Geelong College]], [[Melbourne Grammar School]], [[Woodleigh School, Melbourne|Woodleigh School]] and [[St Margaret's School, Melbourne|St Margaret's School]].<ref name=":0" /> Montgomery was elected a Fellow of the [[Australian College of Education]] in 1977.<ref name=":1" />
=== Recognition ===
Montgomery was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1976 for her services to education; in 1986 she became a [[Order of Australia|Member of the Order of Australia]]. She was also named on the [[Victorian Honour Roll of Women]] in 2004 for her services to education.<ref name=":0" />
==References==
[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of Australia]]
[[Category:University of Melbourne alumni]]
== Early life ==
Montgomery was born in [[Melbourne]] in 1925, the eldest of four daughters of Beryl and William Montgomery. She attended [[Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne|Presbyterian Ladies' College]] in East Melbourne, where she played tennis and baseball. In April 1942, when Montgomery was 16, her mother died and her father's cousin Anne Montgomery came to live with the family; 20 months later, in January 1944, Montgomery's father died and Anne Montgomery assumed responsibility for the four girls.<ref name=":0"></ref>
Montgomery studied at the [[University of Melbourne]] and graduated in 1948 with a bachelor of arts degree and a diploma of education.<ref name=":0" />
== Career ==
Montgomery's first teaching position was at [[Frensham School]] at [[Mittagong]] in New South Wales, from 1949 to 1951. She then taught in London for two years (1952-54), at Tintern Church of England Girls Grammar School for two years (1955-57) and then in London again in 1958 and 1959. In 1960 Montgomery took up her first position as headmistress, at the private Melbourne girls' school [[Clyde School]], a position she held until 1968 when she moved to the position of principal of Presbytarian Ladies College.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> Montgomery retired from the college at the age of 60, in 1985, following a change in school governance due to the re-organisation of Presbytarian schools under the newly formed [[Uniting Church in Australia]].<ref name=":0" />
Montgomery served the wider educational community as president of the Association of Independent Girls' School of Victoria and president of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools of Australia (AHIGSA). During her tenure with AHIGSA she advocated for a merge with the Headmasters' Conference of Independent Schools of Australia (HMCISA), a move which occurred in August 1985 with the formation of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA). She was also a member of the council of The University of Melbourne, [[Ormond College]] and Medley Hall. She was a board member of the [[The Alfred Hospital|Alfred Hospital]], [[Geelong College]], [[Melbourne Grammar School]], [[Woodleigh School, Melbourne|Woodleigh School]] and [[St Margaret's School, Melbourne|St Margaret's School]].<ref name=":0" /> Montgomery was elected a Fellow of the [[Australian College of Education]] in 1977.<ref name=":1" />
=== Recognition ===
Montgomery was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1976 for her services to education; in 1986 she became a [[Order of Australia|Member of the Order of Australia]]. She was also named on the [[Victorian Honour Roll of Women]] in 2004 for her services to education.<ref name=":0" />
==References==
[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of Australia]]
[[Category:University of Melbourne alumni]]
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