Person
Little, Elaine Marjory (Marjory) (1884 - 1974)
- Born
- 1 June 1884
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 2 May 1974
Pymble, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Pathologist
Summary
Elaine Little was a pathologist whose first appointment after graduating in 1915 was to the Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, where she served as pathologist. On finding that women were not allowed to join the Australian Imperial Forces, she made her way to Britain and offered her services as bacteriologist to the British Army Medical Corps. Initially posted to the Lister Institute, she was later in France where she won the respect of colleagues and commanding officers. Returning to Sydney in 1920 Little established one of the first private pathology practices in New South Wales. As well as this successful practice she held appointments as consulting haematologist at Sydney Hospital, and as consulting pathologist at the Royal North Shore and Rachel Forster Hospitals. In 1938 she was a founding Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Details
Chronology
- 1911
- Education - BSc, University of Sydney
- 1915
- Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1915
- Education - MB, University of Sydney
- 1915 - 1917
- Career position - Senior Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1918 - 1919
- Military service - First World War. Served with the Royal Army Medical Corps
- 1920 - 1952
- Career position - In private pathology practice, Sydney
- 1935 - 1936
- Career position - President, Medical Women's Society of New South Wales
- 1938 - 1974
- Career position - Founding Fellow, Royal Australian College of Physicians
- 1949 - 1962
- Career position - Board Member, Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children, Sydney
- 1952
- Life event - Retired
- 1956
- Award - Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- McDonald, G. L., Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Sydney: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1988), 332 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Heagney, Brenda, 'Little, Elaine Marjory (1884-1974), Pathologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 15 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), p. 103. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150131b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Durie, Ethel, 'Marjory Little', Medical Journal of Australia, 1974 (2) (1974), 338-9. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537224. Details
- 'Little, Elaine Marjory (18840601-19740502)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469720. Details
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Created: 6 April 2018, Last modified: 3 July 2018