Person
Boelke, Grace Fairley (1870 - 1948)
- Born
- 4 July 1870
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 17 February 1948
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
- Alternative Names
- Robinson, Grace Fairley (maiden name)
Summary
Grace Boelke, née Robinson, was one of the first two women medical graduates of the University of Sydney, 1893.
Details
Chronology
- 1893
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1894 - 1909
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Benevolent Asylum in Pitt Street
- 1909 - 1915
- Career position - Assistant Medical Inspecting Officer at the Department of Public Instruction (she resigned her post and her membership of the British Medical Association when the State Branch questioned the suitability of her appointment)
- 1912
- Career position - Founder of the Professional Women's Association
- 1913 - 1926
- Career position - Convenor of the standing committee on health with the National Council of Women of New South Wales
- 1920s
- Career position - Travelled abroad to inquire into the state of health of women and children, and to investigate circumstances in the workplace
- 1921
- Career position - Founding member of the State branch of the League of Nations Union
- 1923 - 1926
- Career position - Medical Director at Berlei Ltd.
Archival resources
University of Sydney, Archives
- Grace Fairley Boelke - Records, 1886 - 1945, P 139; University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Book Sections
- Brignell, Lyn, 'Boelke, Grace Farley (1870-1948), Medical Practitioner' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 13 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 210-211. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130242b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18392410. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/146494587. Details
- 'Boelke, Grace Fairley (1870-19481231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462778. Details
See also
- McCarthy, Louella, 'Finding a space for women: the British Medical Association and women doctors in Australia, 1880 - 1939', Medical History, 62 (1) (2018), 91-111. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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