Alice Jackson (editor)

Alice Mabel Archibald was born on 15 October 1887 in Ulmarra, New South Wales.

Her parents were Clara Amelia née Baker, and her New Hebrides born husband William Archibald, a teacher.

During World War I, she married Samuel Henry Jackson who had also been a teacher, but he was then a soldier.

[5] In 1950, Woman's Day gained Jackson as an editor when she moved from the magazine's main rival, The Australian Women's Weekly.

[1] In 2023, the Australian Women's Weekly celebrated its 90th birthday with a three-month exhibition at an art gallery in Bendigo.

Cobbers - Alice Mabel Jackson was the founding editor in 1926
The Australian Women's Weekly in 1939