Notable Achievements
We want to recognise the women who were the first to achieve specific milestones and who paved the way for others.| Name | Achievement | Year achieved |
|---|---|---|
| Emily Hancock Siedeberg-McKinnon | First woman medical graduate in New Zealand | 1896 |
| Margaret Barnett Cruickshank Biography | First registered woman medical practitioner in New Zealand | 1897 |
| Alice Horsley (nee Woodward) | First woman medical graduate to practice in Auckland and first woman private practitioner. | 1900, 1903 |
| Daisy Elizabeth Platts-Mills (nee Platts) | First woman to establish a Private Practice in Wellington | 1901 |
| Winifrede Ismay Bathgate | First Otago Medical School graduate of either sex to be appointed to Dunedin Hospital (Position: Assistant Surgeon) | 1906 |
| Catharine Louisa Brookfield (nee Will) | First woman house surgeon at Dunedin Hospital | 1911 |
| Mary Francesca Compere Dowling | First woman to be awarded the New Zealand Medical Travelling Scholarship for Overseas Tuition | 1915 |
| Augusta Manoy (nee Klippel) | First Jewish woman medical graduate | 1922 |
| Marion Aroha Radcliffe-Taylor | First Woman Orthopaedic Surgeon | Acting Surgeon: 1924 Qualified: 1930 |
| Doris Clifton Gordon (nee Jolly) | First Woman in New Zealand & Australia to secure a Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons. | 1925 |
| Marion King Bennie Cameron (nee Whyte) | First Lecturer in Anaesthesia appointed to Dunedin Hospital. | 1928 |
| Kathleen Pih-Chang (Bi Zhen-Wah) | First Chinese and first non-European woman medical graduate | 1929 |
| Pauline Catherine Simcock (nee Aitken and Witherow) | First New Zealand Woman to gain a Diploma of Bacteriology | 1931 |
| Caroline Morrow Stenhouse | First woman ophthalmic surgeon in New Zealand | 1932 |
| Alice Mary Bush (nee Stanton) | First NZ-trained woman to gain membership to the Australasian College of Physicians and first NZ-trained woman to gain a Fellowship for the Royal College of Physicians in London. | 1946; 1970 |
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Medical Doctorates
| Name | Class of | Place Obtained MD | Year of MD | Title of MD (if known) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Barnett Cruickshank | 1897 | NZ | 1903 | Not by thesis |
| Grace Stevenson | 1918 | 1922 | ||
| Sylvia Gytha de Lancy Chapman | 1921 | NZ | 1934 | |
| Muriel Emma Bell | 1922 | NZ | 1926 | “Clinical studies in goitre cases in New Zealand” |
| Muriel Helen Deem (nee Easterfield) | 1924 | NZ | 1928 | “Mothercraft”, “The law of diurnal variation” and “Observations in human milk”. |
| Mary Joyce Marples | 1944 | London | 1951 | |
| Helen Young (McCreanor) | 1947 | 1972 | ||
| Barbara Farnsworth Heslop (nee Cupit) | 1948 | 1954 | ||
| Ruth Evelyn Mitchell (nee Adams) | 1949 | 1968 | ||
| Tania (Tatiana) Roberta Gunn (nee Tarulevicz) | 1955 | 1989 |
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Travelling Scholarship Recipients
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Mary Francesca Compere Dowling | 1916 |
| Alice Campbell Rose (Tallerman) | 1925 |
| Jean Mary Sandel | 1939 |
| Helen Rarity Young (McCreanor) | 1947 |
| Maureen Joan Lester (Peskett) | 1962 |
| Mary Anthea Wright (nee Ellis) | 1966 |
| Elizabeth Celia Purves | 1967 |
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First Medical Program
Below is the medical program at the Otago Medical School that the first women graduates went through.| Session | Courses |
|---|---|
| 1st Winter | Biology, Physics, Inorganic Chemistry |
| 1st Summer | Preliminary Hospital Instruction |
| 2nd Winter | Anatomy, Chemistry (intermediate examination) |
| 2nd Summer | Materia Medica, Surgical Wards, Post Mortem Examinations |
| 3rd Winter | Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery, Surgical Wards, P. M. Examinations (First Professional Examination) |
| 3rd Summer | Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Gynaecology or Midwifery, P.M. Examinations (First Professional Examination) |
| 4th Winter | Physiology, Pathology, Practice of Medicine, Medical Wards, Outpatient Department. P.M. Examinations, Midwifery Practice (Second Professional Examination) |
| 4th Summer | Midwifery or Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Children’s Diseases, Vaccination, Insanity, Eye Wards, Gynaecology Wards, Diseases of Skin, Out-Patient Department |
| 5th Winter | Surgery, Practice of Medicine, Medical Jurisprudence, Public Health, All Departments of the Hospital (Third Professional Examination) |
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