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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-09-26 human Sara Maroske updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007488b.htm person Fowler Laura Margaret AACR2 Hope, Laura Margaret 3 May 1868 14 September 1952 Place of Birth Mitcham, South Australia, Australia Place of Death North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Medical practitioner Missionary Laura Fowler was the first woman to graduate in medicine from the University of Adelaide. Born into a liberal-minded Baptist family, Fowler was educated in Australia, England and Germany. On graduating she worked for one year as Resident Medical Officer at the Adelaide Children's Hospital. Her application to join the local branch of the British Medical Association was 'the immediate cause' of the admission of women. In 1893 Fowler married fellow doctor, Charles H. S. Hope, They worked as self-supporting missionaries in India for over 30 years with intermittent periods of medical service back home and, during WWI, in the United Kingdom and Serbia. The couple retired to Adelaide in 1934. 1887 1887 Education - First woman to enrol in medicine at the University of Adelaide 1891 1891 Education - First woman to graduate MB ChB, University of Adelaide 1892 1892 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Adelaide Children's Hospital, Adelaide 1893 1893 Career event - Applied to join the South Australian Branch, British Medical Association 1893 1893 Life event - Married Dr Charles Henry Standish Hope 1902 1902 Education - Studied (with husband) at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom 1934 1934 Life event - Retired 1934? 1934? Award - Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India Adelaide Children's Hospital (1878 - 1989)

Resident Medical Officer 1893

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

First woman to graduate in medicine 1891

 'Fowler, Laura Margaret', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fowler, Laura Margaret Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Laura Margaret Fowler University of Adelaide Laura Margaret Fowler Adelaide University of Adelaide 2024 Journal Article: Finding a space for women: the British Medical Association and women doctors in Australia, 1880 - 1939 McCarthy, Louella Finding a space for women: the British Medical Association and women doctors in Australia, 1880 - 1939 2018 Medical History 62 1 91-111