Biographical entry Henderson, Margaret Mary (1915 - )

Summary

Dr. Margaret Henderson joined the Royal Melbourne Hospital as a resident in 1939. In 1959 she became the first woman to be appointed honorary physician by the hospital.

Dr Henderson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 12 June 1976, for her services to medicine.

In 2005 she was made a Consultant Emeritus by the Melbourne Health Board.

Details

Events

1939 - 1940

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

1941 - 1942

Career position - Junior Research Officer at the Medical Research Council

1941 - 1942

Career position - Australian Military Forces captain

1947 - 1975

Career position - Honorary Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

1959 -

Career position - Consultant Physician at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne

1976

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

1976 - 1981

Career position - Specialist Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

1976 - 1994

Career position - Member of the Management Committee of the Royal District Nursing Service

1981 -

Career position - Consultant Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

1990 - 1994

Career position - Vice-President of the Royal District Nursing Service

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'The People of the Royal Melbourne - Margaret Henderson', http://www.rmh.mh.org.au/scripts/printpage.asp?objectid=1019022&objecttypeid=16&portletid=1001217. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Henderson, Margaret Mary', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-753088. Details

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details