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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-03-18 human Sara Maroske updated 2025-03-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007647b.htm person Stillwell Effie AACR2 17 May 1877 10 December 1950 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Medical practitioner Missionary Effie Stillwell showed a considerable talent for mathematics, earning honours in her school examinations. She chose to study medicine, graduating in 1902. For the next three years she worked at the Lady Bowen Maternity Hospital in Brisbane and the Sydney Medical Mission. In 1905 she left Australia with Constance Howell to work for the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission at the Duchess of Teck Hospital in Patna, Bihar, India. This was the largest hospital providing health care to women who could not see male doctors. Stillwell worked here, with several furloughs in Melbourne, until she retired in 1937. In 1926 she was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hinde Medal for Public Service in India. Her brother was Antarctic explorer and geologist Frank Stillwell. 1902 1902 Career event - Registered as qualified medical practitioner in Queensland 1902 1902 Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne 1902 1903 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Lady Bowen Maternity Hospital, Brisbane 1903 1903 Career event - Elected a member of the Australasian Medical Association 1904 1905 Career position - Superintendent, Sydney Medical Mission, New South Wales October 1905 October 1905 Career event - Leaves Melbourne (with Constance Howell) under the auspices of the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission for the Duchess of Teck Hospital, Patna, India 1926 1926 Award - Kaisar-i-Hinde Medal for Public Service in India 1937 1937 Life event - Retired to Melbourne 1942 1942 Career event - Appointed honorary secretary of the London Missionary Society auxiliary of the Congregational Women's Association Stillwell, Frank Leslie (1888 - 1963)

Frank and Effie were siblings

 'Stillwell, Effie', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stillwell, Effie Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Kaisir-I-Hind medal [awarded to Effie Stillwell] Anon The Kaisir-I-Hind medal [awarded to Effie Stillwell] 1926 Medical journal of Australia 10 July 6 Journal Article: Women Medical Graduates and Mission Service Parry, Suzanne Women Medical Graduates and Mission Service 2000 Health and History 2 1 27-51 Journal Article: Women doctors and women's hospitals in Madras with notes on the related influencing developments in India in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Raman, Ramya and Raman, Anantanarayanan Women doctors and women's hospitals in Madras with notes on the related influencing developments in India in the late 19th and early 20th centuries 2019 Current science 117 7 1232-40