Biographical entry Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn (1880 - 1953)

Summary

Jessie Aspinall was the first female junior medical officer at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1906. She later went into private practice. In 1941 she gave Berida, her house at Bowral and three acres of land, to the Red Cross; it was used as a convalescent home for ex-servicemen.

Details

Events

c. 1905

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney

1906 - 1907

Career position - First female junior medical resident officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1907

Career position - Junior House Surgeon at the General Hospital in Hobart

1908

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Women's Hospital in Crown Street, Sydney

1908 - 1953

Career position - Life-Governor of the Women's Hospital

1909 - 1915

Career position - Private practice in Sydney

Published resources

Book Sections

• Durie, E. Beatrix, 'Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn (1880-1953)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, p. 118. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070122b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462760. Details