Biographical entry D'Arcy, Constance Elizabeth (1879 - 1950)

Summary

(Dame) Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy became an honorary surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney in 1908 and was for many years active in improving nursing skills and maternal care. She was Lecturer in Obstetrics, University of Sydney 1925-39 and Deputy Chancellor 1943-46.

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Events

1904

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

1905 - 1908?

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Hospital for Women in Paddington, New South Wales

1908 - ?

Career position - Honorary Surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Women in Paddington

1908 - ?

Career position - Opened practice in Macquarie Street, Sydney

1919 - 1949

Career position - Member of the Senate at the University of Sydney

1923 - 1945

Career position - Honorary Gynaecologist at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney

1925 - 1939

Career position - Lecturer in Clinical Obstetrics at the University of Sydney

1933 - 1934

Career position - President of the Medical Women's Society of New South Wales

1935

Award - Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

1943 - 1946

Career position - Deputy Chancellor of the University of Sydney

Archival resources

University of Sydney, Archives

• Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy - Records, 1908 - 1946; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Radi, Heather, 'D'Arcy, Dame Constance Elizabeth (1879-1950), obstetrician and gynaecologist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 205-206. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080228b.htm. Details
• Radi, Heather, 'Constance D'Arcy (1879-1950) obstetrician', in Heather Radi (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press Inc, Sydney, 1988. Details
• Radi, Heather, 'Dame Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy, 1879-1950', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'D'Arcy, Constance Elizabeth', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-775086. Details

See also

• Alexander, John A. (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 1944, vol. 12, The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, Melbourne, 1944, 906 pp. Details