Strength of mind
Subtitle: 125 years of women in medicine
By: edited by Jacqueline Healy
Contributors: University of Melbourne. Medical History Museum
Publisher: Medical History Museum, University of Melbourne
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Melbourne, Victoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780734048608
Subjects: Catalogs; Exhibitions; Women physicians; Medical museums; Women in medicine; Health Personnel; Women Physicians; Graduate students; University of Melbourne; Medical Education; Exhibits as Topic; University of Melbourne. Medical School; Biography; Women
Description: Women were admitted to Melbourne Medical School in 1887, 25 years after the course had commenced but 21 years before women were entitled to vote in Victoria. These first seven female medical students were tenacious, resilient, and visionary; challenging the social values of their day and making major contributions to public health in Victoria. Led by Constance Stone the first woman to register as a doctor in Victoria in 1890 ( she had undertaken her medical education in Canada) they went on to establish the Queen Victoria Hospital in 1896. The first hospital established in Australia for the care of women that was managed and staffed by women and one of three internationally. These attributes have been the qualities of many women in medicine over the last 125 years as they have contributed to all aspects of medical practice and research. Women now comprise over 50% of medical graduates. This exhibition celebrates their achievements from 1887 to now.