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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001081b.htm person Kenny Elizabeth AACR2 20 September 1880 30 November 1952 Place of Birth Warialda, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Nurse Health administrator Elizabeth Kenny developed a new treatment for poliomyelitis during the 1930s and established clinics in Brisbane with the backing of the State government but opposition from the medical profession. In 1940 she moved to the USA where her methods were widely acclaimed. 1910 1915 Career position - Self-appointed Nurse working from the family home in the Darling Downs area of Queensland 1915 1917 Military service - Staff Nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service, serving on troopships bringing wounded home to Australia 1917 1919 Career position - Sister in the Australian Army Nursing Service 1919 1932 Career position - Returned to her home nursing practice 1932 1932 Career position - Established a backyard clinic in Townsville to treat long-term poliomyelitis victims and cerebral palsy patients 1940 1940 Career position - Travelled to the USA with an introduction to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota 1942 1942 Career position - The Sister Kenny Institute was established in Minneapolis, USA 1951 1951 Life event - Retired to Toowoomba, Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service (1902 - 1948)

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 Kenny, Elizabeth (1880-1952)

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 'Kenny, Elizabeth', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kenny, Elizabeth Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Elizabeth Kenny, 1880-1952 Rogers, Naomi Elizabeth Kenny, 1880-1952 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Book Section: Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952) nurse Mackie, Sue Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952) nurse Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology Heather Radi Book Section: Kenny, Elizabeth (1880-1952), nurse Patrick, Ross Kenny, Elizabeth (1880-1952), nurse Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 570-571 Edited Book: 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Radi, H. 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology Sydney Women's Redress Press Inc 1988 Book: My battle and victory: history of the discovery of poliomyelitis as systemic disease Kenny, Elizabeth My battle and victory: history of the discovery of poliomyelitis as systemic disease London R. Hale 1955 Book: The polio wars: Sister Elizabeth Kenny and the golden age of American medicine Rogers, Naomi The polio wars: Sister Elizabeth Kenny and the golden age of American medicine Oxford Oxford University Press 2013 Book: Sister Kenny: the woman who invented herself Hildon, Allan Sister Kenny: the woman who invented herself Stowmarket, Suffolk Allan Hildon 2020 Book: Sister Elizabeth Kenny: maverick heroine of the polio treatment controversy Alexander, Wade Sister Elizabeth Kenny: maverick heroine of the polio treatment controversy Rockhampton, Qld Central Queensland University Press 2002 Book Section: Sister Kenny and infantile paralysis Lack, Clem Sister Kenny and infantile paralysis Brisbane Government Printer 1962 Three decades of Queensland political history 1919 - 1962 Lack, Clem 32-3 Journal Article: Sister Elizabeth Kenny 1880 - 1952: her Queensland memorials Pearn, John Sister Elizabeth Kenny 1880 - 1952: her Queensland memorials 2020 Queensland history journal 24 4 410-26 Journal Article: Sister Elizabeth's trial by Royal Commission Wilson, J. Sister Elizabeth's trial by Royal Commission 1992 History of Nursing Society Journal 4 2 91-9 Book: Sister Kenny: the woman who challenged the doctors Cohn, Victor Sister Kenny: the woman who challenged the doctors Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press 1975 Book Section: What is scientific evidence? Sister Kenny, American doctors and polio therapy, 1940 - 1952 Rogers, Naomi What is scientific evidence? Sister Kenny, American doctors and polio therapy, 1940 - 1952 Hobart University of Tasmania and the Australian Society of the History of Medicine 1994 "Outpost medicine": Australasian studies on the history of medicine: Third National Conference of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine, Hobart, February 1993 Atkins, Susanne, Kirkby, Kenneth, Thomson, Philip and Pearn, John 245-55 Book: Dancing in my dreams: confronting the spectre of polio Highley, Kerry Dancing in my dreams: confronting the spectre of polio Clayton, Vic. Monash University Publishing 2016 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1944 Alexander, John A. Who's who in Australia 1944 12th Melbourne, Victoria The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1944 Elizabeth Kenny - Records Fryer Library and Department of Special Collections, University of Queensland Elizabeth Kenny - Records 1930 - 1952 Incoming and outgoing correspondence concerning her methods, including a file of testimonials in the U.S.A and Canada; reports on her work in Australia and overseas; patients' case histories; lecture notes; overall dates c1930-52. Some additional material on Kenny can also be found in the Sir Raphael Cilento collection.