Person

Evans, Evelyn Paget (1881 - 1960)

MBE

Born
11 November 1881
Auckland, New Zealand
Died
10 April 1960
Rydalmere, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Medical administrator

Summary

Evelyn Paget Evans became secretary of both the Australasian Trained Nurses Association and the Australian Massage Association (1917), which later became the Australian Physiotherapy Association. This began a lifetime of work in health administration. She remained secretary of the Australian Physiotherapy Association until 1956.

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Chronology

1917 - 1945
Career position - Secretary of the Australasian Trained Nurses Association
1917 - 1956
Career position - Secretary of the Australian Massage Association, later known as the Australian Physiotherapy Association
1924 - ?
Career position - Delegate to the National Council of Women of New South Wales
1924 - 1950
Career position - General Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation
1926 - 1946
Career position - Member of Executive of the National Council of Women of New South Wales
1940 - 1943
Career position - Organised first aid for the National Emergency Services
1955
Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

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

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Resources

See also

  • Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details

Ailie Smith

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