Person
Barrett, Edith Helen (1872 - 1939)
CBE OBE
- Born
- 29 October 1872
Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 1 February 1939
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Edith Barrett ran a small general practice in Melbourne but devoted her energies to voluntary work concerning the health and welfare of women and children. She founded the Bush Nursing Association in 1910, with her brother James and was associated with the Red Cross from 1914-1937.
Details
Chronology
- 1901
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Melbourne Hospital
- 1901
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1902 - 1930s
- Career position - Foundation and active member of the National Council of Women in Victoria
- 1902? - 1930s
- Career position - General practice in South Melbourne and Collins Street, Melbourne
- 1904 - 1934
- Career position - Honorary medical staff at Queen Victoria Hospital
- 1907
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Melbourne
- 1910
- Career position - Founder of the Bush Nursing Association of Victoria
- 1914 - 1928
- Career position - Honorary Secretary of the Australian branch of the British Red Cross Society
- 1918
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- 1918
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1936?
- Career position - Foundation Committee member of the Victorian division of the Red Cross
Archival resources
British Red Cross Society, Melbourne
- Edith Helen Barrett - Records, 1914 - 1939; British Red Cross Society, Melbourne. Details
Bush Nursing Association of Victoria
- Edith Helen Barrett - Records, 1911 - 1939; Bush Nursing Association of Victoria. Details
National Council of Women
- Edith Helen Barrett - Records, 1902 - 1939; National Council of Women. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Book Sections
- Gardiner, Lyndsay, 'Barrett, Edith Helen (1872-1939)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 7 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 185-186. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070192b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536990. Details
- 'Barrett, Edith Helen (1872-1939)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-706094. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Barrett, Edith Helen (1872-1939), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0097b.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 June 2022
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