Eleanor Hinder
(1893-1963) welfare officer and international public servant
Eleanor Mary Hinder OBE (19 January 1893 – 10 April 1963) was an Australian social worker, public servant, and United Nations official. She lived in the Shanghai International Settlement from 1926 to 1942, working for the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and Shanghai Municipal Council. She later worked as an official with the British Foreign Office and the United Nations.
Early life
Hinder was born on 19 January 1893 in East Maitland, New South Wales. She was one of eight children born to Sarah Florence (née Mills) and Robert John Hinder. Her father was a long-serving principal of Maitland Boys' High School, while her sister Marie Farquharson was a prominent community worker in New South Wales.
Hinder attended Maitland West Girls' High School and Sydney Teachers' College, graduating Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney in 1914. She subsequently worked as a biology teacher at North Sydney Girls High School and as a science tutor at the University of Sydney. She was secretary of the Sydney University Women Graduates' Association from 1919 to 1925, and helped establish the Australian Federation of University Women.
Welfare work
In 1919, Hinder joined Sydney department store Farmer & Co.
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