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Category Archives: Medicine
The Queen Victoria Women’s Hospital Shilling Campaign
Every woman in the colony of Victoria was asked to donate one shilling (about $40 today) to fund a hospital for women and children and, in a stroke of marketing genius, ‘to do honour to their Queen’. Celebrations were high … Continue reading
Constance Stone became the first registered female doctor in Australia
Constance Stone became the first registered female doctor in Australia. She had to study overseas to gain her qualifications as she had been refused entry to Melbourne University.