Person
Rivett, Amy Christine (1891 - 1962)
- Born
- 28 February 1891
Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 14 July 1962
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Amy Rivett was a disciple of Marie Stopes and advocated birth control. Later she specialised in gynaecology. She and her brother Edward were partners in Brisbane in the 1920s and again in Sydney after World War II. As municipal medical officer in Brisbane she was in charge of the health of licensed prostitutes. Rivett was a foundation member of the Queensland Medical Women's Society.
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Chronology
- 1915
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1915 - 1917
- Career position - Superintendent at the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane
- 1917
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Brisbane General Hospital
- 1918
- Education - Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1918
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Lady Bowen Hospital
- 1919 - c. 1946
- Career position - Private practice in Wickham Terrace
- 1936
- Career position - Studied in London and Vienna
- c. 1946 - ?
- Career position - Private practice with her brother Edward in Sydney
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
- Rutledge, Martha, 'Rivett , Amy Christine (1891-1962) and Edward William (1894-1962), Medical Practitioners' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), p. 401. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110409b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Williams, Lesley M., 'Medical Women in Queensland: Characters and Charisma', Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 20 (4) (2007), 134-138. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535548. Details
- 'Rivett, Amy Christine (1891-1962)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-753091. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018