Biographical entry Rivett, Amy Christine (1891 - 1962)

Summary

Amy Christine 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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Events

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

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Lady Bowen Hospital

1918

Education - Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney

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

Book Sections

• Rutledge, Martha, 'Rivett , Amy Christine (1891-1962) and Edward William (1894-1962), Medical Practitioners', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, p. 401. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110409b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Rivett, Amy Christine', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-753091. Details