Biographical entry Brown, Vera Scantlebury (1889 - 1946)

Summary

Vera Scantlebury Brown, the wife of Edward Byam Brown, was director of the Victorian Health Department's section of infant welfare 1926-46. She wrote books on the care of infants and young children and her 1937 report for the National Health and Medical Research Council prompted government funding of the Lady Gowrie Child Centres.

Details

Events

1914

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Melbourne Hospital

1914

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne

1915 - 1917

Career position - Resident staff at the Children's Hospital

1917 - 1919

Career position - Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Army Medical Corps

1919 - 1946

Career position - Many honorary appointments including Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, the Women's and Children's hospitals, the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association, and the Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria

1921 - 1946

Career position - Medical Officer in charge of city baby health centres (part-time)

1924

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Melbourne

1925

Career position - Survey of the welfare of women and children, comparing Victoria with New Zealand for the Victorian Government

1926 - 1946

Career position - Director of the section of infant welfare for the Health Department (part-time)

1938

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

1946

Career position - Annual travelling scholarship of £750 established by the Vera Scantlebury Brown Child Welfare Memorial Trust

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Vera Scantlebury Brown - Records; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Reiger, Kerreen, 'Vera Scantlebury Brown (1889-1946) doctor', 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

Journal Articles

• Anderson, Fay, 'Vera Scantlebury Brown: a Singular Life', Australasian Science, vol. 19, no. 6, 1998, p. 48. Details

Online Resources

• 'Brown, Vera Scantlebury (1889-1946), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0065b.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Brown, Vera Scantlebury', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-775092. 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