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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-12-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002531b.htm person Ross Isabella Henrietta Younger OBE AACR2 15 July 1887 2 April 1956 Place of Birth Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia Place of Death South Yarra, Victoria, Australia Physician Isabella Ross was instrumental in establishing the first baby clinic in Victoria and became a central figure in the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association. A plaque commemorating her is at the Queen Elizabeth Maternal and Child Welfare Centre, Carlton. 1914 1914 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), University Glasgow 1914 c. 1915 Career position - Worked in the slum areas of Glasgow and Edinburgh c. 1915 1917 Career position - House Physician at the Queen's Hospital for Children, London 1917 1917 Career position - Travelled to Australia through the USA, where she studied child welfare under Dr Herman N. Bundesen in Chicago June 1917 June 1917 Career position - Established the first Victorian baby clinic at Richmond 1918 1918 Career position - Became a central figure in the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association 1918 1950 Career position - Worked for various periods at the Children's, Royal Women's and Queen Victoria Hospitals in Melbourne, as well as in private practice 1938 1938 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 1938 1940 Career position - President, Lyceum Club

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 Ross, Isabella Henrietta Younger (1887-1956)

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 'Ross, Isabella Henrietta Younger', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ross, Isabella Henrietta Younger Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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