Barton, Jane (1851–1938)
Barton, Jane (1851–1938)
Australian prime-ministerial wife. Name variations: Jeanie Barton; Lady Barton. Born Jane Mason Ross, June 11, 1851, in London, England; died Mar 23, 1938, in Sydney, Australia; m. Edmund Barton (1st prime minister of Australia, 1901–03), 1877; children: 6.
Charming and well-educated, furthered the cause of Federation through social networks as vice-president of the 2nd Sydney Women's Federal League; participated in the inauguration of the Commonwealth and in the opening ceremony of the 1st parliament in Melbourne (Jan and May 1901); was founding president of the Queen's Club in Sydney (1912–14).
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