Person
Shaw, Edna Mary Anna Jane (1891 - 1974)
OBE
- Born
- 7 June 1891
Murrumbarah, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 25 January 1974
Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Matron
Summary
Edna Shaw was a Matron at the Women's Hospital in Crown Street Sydney from 1936 to 1952. Prior to this she worked at the hospital as acting matron, head of district nursing, head of the out-patients ward and head nurse in the premature babies ward. Shaw was also a founder of the 'Baby Bureau', a scheme to find beds in other hospitals for expectant women. She also helped in the process of adopting out children of unmarried mothers. Edna Shaw was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950 for her services to nursing.
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Chronology
- 1914
- Career position - Probationer at Marrickville Cottage Hospital, New South Wales
- 1917
- Education - Nurses certificate completed
- 1918
- Education - Midwifery certificate completed at the Royal Hospital for Women in Paddington, New South Wales
- 1919 - 1936
- Career position - Deputy Matron and head of district work at the Women's Hospital in Crown Street
- 1924 - 1936?
- Career position - Head of out-patients at the Women's Hospital
- 1927
- Education - Mothercraft Certificate completed at the Tresillian Mothercraft Training School
- 1936 - 1952
- Career position - Matron of the Women's Hospital
- 1937 - 1949
- Career position - Member of the Nurses' Registration Board
- 1938 - 1952
- Career position - Council member of the Australian Trained Nurses' Association
- 1941 -
- Career position - Member of the National Council of Women of New South Wales
- 1950
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- 1952
- Life event - Retired from all nursing duties
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
- Fulloon, Gillian, 'Shaw, Edna Mary Anna Jane (1891-1974), Hospital Matron' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 584-585. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110599b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537029. Details
- 'Shaw, Edna Mary Anna Jane (1891-1974)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465128. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 February 2011
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