Frances Moffett Graduation Portrait
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Format
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JPG
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Title
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Frances Moffett Graduation Portrait
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Identifier
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VHG0013
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Depiction
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A woman graduate dressed with academic gown and hat
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Description
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Frances Moffett was born in Dunlo Street, Ballinasloe. Co. Galway on 4 Oct 1900. The family moved to Gentian Hill, Galway on 18 Dec 1908. She went to UCG in September 1919 and she graduated in September 1922 with a 1st Class Honours BA Degree, followed by a Higher Diploma in Education with 2nd Class Honours in 1923 (UCG Calendars). She left Ireland in 1924, never to return there to live. She joined the teaching profession in England until about 1936, and then trained for full-time work in the Church of England, later becoming Vice-Principal of a Women’s Theological College (Wikipedia, Frances Moffett, Jan., 2024).
Frances Moffett, daughter of Arthur Moffett, veterinary surgeon, and Jane Dods was the eldest of five children of a Presbyterian family. She attended the H School in Galway under Presbyterian management, but after a year was placed in the Model School, built for the training of Protestant pupil teachers. She went to UCG in September 1919 taking as her subjects - Experimental Physics, Mathematics and English for the BA. She joined the teaching profession in England, later becoming Vice-Principal of a Women’s Theological College. Retiring from Church work in 1960, she returned to teaching in schools and in a College of Education. In 1985, she published a memoir ‘I also am of Ireland’ of the first 24 years of her life. Frances Moffett passed away in 1992 (www.freebmd.org.uk) in the District of Merton, Greater London (B. Lally, Ballinasloe Life, Feb 2021, pp 59-60).
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People
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Frances Moffett
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References
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Barry Lally, Frances Moffett: 'A Memoir’, Ballinasloe Life, Vol 10, 6 Feb 2021, pp 59-60.
Wikipedia contributors, ‘Frances Moffett Graduation Portrait’, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Moffett, accessed 25 Jan. 2024.
UCG Calendars – Archives & Special Collections, University of Galway Library.
https://www.freebmd.org.uk
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Moffett
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Bibliographic Citation
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P. Larkin, S.G. Jennings, ‘Frances Moffett Graduation Portrait’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 13890, Archival Record Id VHRS
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Text in image
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R W Simmons
Galway
Robert Simmons was a photographer in Galway City.
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Period
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1920s
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Category
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colour
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portrait
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off-campus
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indoors
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Keywords
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Academic gown
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Language
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English
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Creator
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R W Simmons
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Publisher
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University of Galway Library
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Rights
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This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
