| Jessie McLaren | |
| Birth Date: | 1883 |
| Death Date: | 1968 |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Education: | Master of Arts in philosophy |
| Occupation: | Australian missionary, gardener, translator, and teacher |
| Spouse: | Dr. Charles I. McLaren |
| Children: | Rachel Human |
Jessie McLaren (1883-1968) was an Australian teacher, translator, gardener, missionary, and book collector.[1] [2] She spent thirty years in Korea and developed a library of rare Korean books, which her daughter, Rachel Human, donated to the National Library of Australia where it forms the McLaren-Human Collection.
McLaren was a graduate in English and history and had a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Melbourne.[3] [4] McLaren started her career as a traveling secretary for the SCM (Student Christian Movement) in New Zealand and Australia. She then founded the Mrs. Paton Memorial Hospital and later became a volunteer to assist the Korean people and taught in Ewha's Women's College. She died in 1968.[5]