Biographical entry Mayo, Helen Mary (1878 - 1967)

Summary

Helen Mary Mayo opened a practice in Adelaide in 1906 specializing in midwifery and the health of women and children. She lectured at the University of Adelaide 1926-34. She also founded the Mothers' and Babies' Health Association and the Mareeba Babies' Hospital.

Details

Events

1901

Award - Davies Thomas Scholarship received from the University of Adelaide

1902

Award - Everard Scholarship received from the University of Adelaide

1902

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Adelaide, first female graduate in medicine at the University

1902 - 1903

Career position - House Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital

1903 - 1906

Career position - Clinical Clerk at the Hospital for Sick Children in London and experience in midwifery in Dublin, Ireland and Delhi, India

1906 - ?

Career position - Private practice in Adelaide

1911 - 1933

Career position - Clinical Bacteriologist in the Vaccine Department at the Adelaide Hospital

1919 - 1926

Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician at the Adelaide Children's Hospital

1926

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Adelaide, first female MD at the University

1926 - 1934

Career position - Clinical Lecturer in medical diseases of children at the University of Adelaide

1926 - 1938

Career position - Honorary Physician at the Adelaide Children's Hospital

1935

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

1938 - 1940

Career position - Honorary Consulting Physician at the Adelaide Children's Hospital

1940 - 1945

Career position - Senior Paediatric Advisor at the Adelaide Children's Hospital

Archival resources

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

• Helen Mary Mayo - Records, 1878 - 1960, PRG 127; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

Published resources

Books

• Mackinnon, Alison, The Medicals: Laura Hope, Helen Mayo, Rosamund Benham [and] Phyllis Cliento, The New Women: Adelaide's Early Women Graduates, Wakefield Press, Netley, S.A., 1986. Details

Book Sections

• Hicks, Neville; Leopold, Elisabeth, 'Mayo, Helen Mary (1878-1967), Medical Practitioner', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 466-467. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100455b.htm. Details
• Mackinnon, Alison, 'Helen Mayo (1878-1967) paediatrician', in Heather Radi (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press Inc, Sydney, 1988. Details

Edited Books

• Radi, H. (ed.), 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press Inc, Sydney, 1988, 268 pp. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Mayo, Helen Mary', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-756061. 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
• Duncan, W. and Leonard, R., The University of Adelaide, 1874-1974, Rigby, Adelaide, 1973, 203 pp. Details