Isla Blomfield
Isla Blomfield played a pivotal role in neonatal welfare education and care in Sydney
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Florence Chatfield
Florence Chatfield was Matron and then Superintendent of the Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Queensland from 1900-1934. She was also supervisor and organiser of the Queensland Government Baby Clinics from their inception in 1918.
Dr Gertrude Mead
Gertrude Mead completed her medical studies at the University of Melbourne (1897). The following two years were spent working at a children’s hospital in England, at a women’s hospital in Dublin and as a house surgeon at Leith in Scotland. Upon returning to Australia in 1901, Mead ran a private practice from her home in Perth.
Dr Ida Gertrude Halley
Ida Halley became a medical inspector of schools in Tasmania (1906) and from 1910 held a similar position in Sydney where she lectured on hygiene at the Teachers’ College. In 1913 she established the medical branch of the Education Department in South Australia.
Eleanor Williams
Eleanor Williams was one of the first three staff members of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI). She co-authored and authored more than fifty publications in her career and specialised in research on dysentery, influenza and snake venom.
Jennifer Martin
Jennifer Martin is internationally acknowledged for her expertise in protein crystallography. Her research is focussed on understanding the molecular basis of disease and applying this knowledge to early-stage drug discovery.
Eleanor Elizabeth Bourne
Eleanor Bourne went into general practice in 1907 and served as physician to the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane. In 1911 she became medical officer for the Department of Public Instruction and worked for many years in child health, both in Australia and Britain.
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper was the first and, to date, only female chief of Florida’s Seminole tribe.
Dr Christie Huddleston
Dr. Christie Huddleston was a founding member of the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine.
Dr Christine Karen Cassel
Dr. Christine Cassel was the first woman chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the first woman president of the American College of Physicians and the first woman dean of Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.