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== Missionary work == == Missionary work ==
In India she held a number of leadership roles in the area of women's education including Principal of the United Missionary Girls' High School, secretary of the Bengal Women's Education League, secretary of the Bengal Advisory Board on Women's Education, and Principal of Women's Christian College.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Godden |first=Judith |date=2006 |title=Eleanor Harriett (Nell) Rivett (1883–1972) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rivett-eleanor-harriett-nell-8220 |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography}}</ref> In India she held a number of leadership roles in the area of women's education, including principal of the United Missionary Girls' High School, secretary of the Bengal Women's Education League, secretary of the Bengal Advisory Board on Women's Education, and principal of Women's Christian College.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Godden |first=Judith |date=2006 |title=Eleanor Harriett (Nell) Rivett (1883–1972) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rivett-eleanor-harriett-nell-8220 |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography}}</ref>


== Later life == == Later life ==
Rivett died in ], Australia on 21 May 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rivett, Eleanor Harriett (Nell) (1883 - 1972) |url=https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM02872b.htm |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=emelbourne}}</ref> Rivett died in ], Australia, on 21 May 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rivett, Eleanor Harriett (Nell) (1883 - 1972) |url=https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM02872b.htm |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=emelbourne}}</ref>


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Eleanor Harriet (Nell) Rivett (27 September 1883 – 21 May 1972) was an Australian missionary, known for her work with women's education in India.

Eleanor Harriet (Nell) Rivett

Early life and family

Rivett was born on 27 September 1883 in Dover, Tasmania. Eleanor was the daughter of Elizabeth Mary Ann (née Cherbury) and Reverend Albert Rivett, a Congregational pastor and pacifist. Eleanor's sisters included psychologist Mary Matheson, medical practitioner and birth control advocate Christine Rivett, and library advocate Elsie Rivett.

After being educated in Melbourne, Rivett traveled to Calcutta with the London Missionary Society in 1907.

Missionary work

In India she held a number of leadership roles in the area of women's education, including principal of the United Missionary Girls' High School, secretary of the Bengal Women's Education League, secretary of the Bengal Advisory Board on Women's Education, and principal of Women's Christian College.

Later life

Rivett died in Sydney, Australia, on 21 May 1972.

References

  1. "Eleanor Harriett Rivett". Australia Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  2. Godden, Judith (2006). "Eleanor Harriett (Nell) Rivett (1883–1972)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  3. "Rivett, Eleanor Harriett (Nell) (1883 - 1972)". emelbourne. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
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