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Booth, Mary (1869 - 1956)

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Physician and Public health worker

Born: 9 July 1869 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 28 November 1956 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Mary Booth lectured in hygiene at girls' secondary schools in Sydney from 1900 and for the Department of Public Instruction 1904-09. In 1910-12 she helped establish the first schools medical service in Victoria and was later involved in household health and welfare. She is commemorated by the Mary Booth scholarship for women economics students, University of Sydney.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1890 Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Sydney
1891 - 1893 Governess
1899 Infirmary work in the UK
1899 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (CM) completed at the College of Medicine for Women, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
1900 Anthropometrist in the Department of the Government Statistician
1900 - 1910 Private practice with much contractual work
1904 - 1909 Lecturer in Hygiene for the Department of Public Instruction
1910 - 1912 Helped to establish the first school medical service in Victoria for the Victorian Department of Education
1913 Represented the Australian Government at a Conference on Infant Mortality in London
1914 Founded the Babies' Kit Society for the Allies' Babies
1918 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1921 - 1956 President of the Anzac Fellowship of Women
1936 Founded Memorial College of Household Arts and Science

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'Booth, Mary (1869-1956), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0100b.htm.

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 15 September 2004

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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