Are you a woman who graduated from the University of Otago Medical School before 1968? Or is there a woman in your family who was an early medical graduate?
Do you have a story, photos, or information to share about an early medical woman?
Please contact us!
Email: earlymedwomen@auckland.ac.nz
Editors | Professor Cindy Farquhar is the postgraduate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Auckland. Cindy’s mother was a medical graduate in 1951. | Michaela Selway has completed her Master of Arts in History. She is the co-founder and editor of Tahuhu Korero, a public history initiative at the University of Auckland. | |
Contributors | Rennae Taylor completed her Masters of Health Sciences in 1999 and has been employed since 1993 by the Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology as a research project manager. ![]() | Daniel Beaumont (PhD) is a cultural historian specialising in medical and gender history. ![]() | Professor Emerita Dawn Elder is a graduate of the Otago Medical School and was previously an academic staff member in the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Otago Wellington. ![]() |
Alumni | Lucy Goodman (PhD) is a researcher with an interest in science writing and communication. | Claire Gooder (PhD) is a social and cultural historian who specialises in health history. | Rachael Bergin is a medical student at the University of Otago. |
Dr Nora Lynch is a retired rheumatologist. She has a Grad. Dip. Arts (History) from the University of Auckland. Nora’s grandmother was a medical graduate in 1917. |