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Meon Carolyn (Carol) Shand
This biography is based on an interview with Carol Shand conducted in 2020 for the Early Medical Women […]
Hendrika (Enny) Jacoba Waal-Manning
This biography is based on an interview with Enny Waal-Manning in 2021 for the Early Medical Women of […]
Beryl “Monica” Lewis (nee Moody)
This biography is largely based on an oral interview with Monica Lewis conducted in October 2022 for the […]
Adah Hamilton Evelyn Platts-Mills
This biography is largely based on written material from the memories of John, Adah’s brother, archival material supplied […]
Clara Elizabeth (“Betty”) Rawley (nee Jackson)
This biography is largely based on information from Betty’s children and an oral interview with Betty at her […]
Lynsie Ruth Kerr (nee Kitchen)
This biography is based on an interview with Lynsie and Archie Kerr in July 2021 for the Early […]
Kantha Soni (nee Madhavji)
This biography is based on an interview with Kantha Madhavji Soni in 2016 for the Early Medical Women […]
Mary Francesca Compere Dowling
Class of 1915 This biography has drawn on entries from the Paper Past website, records from Births, Death […]
Doris Clifton Gordon (nee Jolly)
This biography has drawn heavily on the information from her two autobiographies “Backblocks Baby-Doctor” and “Doctor Down Under”. […]
Lesley Kathleen Doak (nee Harries)
This biography is largely based on an oral interview with Lesley’s son, Phil Doak, in June 2021 for […]
Miriam Frank
This biography is based on Miriam’s autobiography, My Innocent Absence: Exile on Five Continents, her book entitled An […]