Winifred Kiek (née Jackson; 1884-1975) was the first woman to be ordained in the Christian Ministry in Australia.

Winifred was born in Manchester, England to John Robert Jackson, a tea salesman, and his wife Margaret, née Harker, who were Quakers Winifred was educated at Urmston Higher Grade School, and at 16 she won a scholarship to Manchester Pupil Teacher Training Centre.

[citation needed] Winifred Kiek championed sexual equality and the women's movement from her arrival in South Australia.

After World War II Winifred Kiek became the World Council of Churches liaison officer in Australia for work among women; in 1950 she joined the council's commission on the work of women in the Churches and attended its Oxford meeting in 1952.

The Winifred Kiek Scholarship[5] for theological education of women in leadership, or charitable projects in the Asia-Pacific Region was named in her honor.