Siedlecky, Stefania Winifred (1921 - )

Summary

Stefania Siedlecky was one of the first two female resident medical officers at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney. She spent nearly thirty years in general practice and was on the gynaecology staff at Rachel Forster Hospital in Sydney 1960-1974. While working with Family Planning New South Wales in the 1970s Siedlecky helped to establish the Leichhardt Women's Health Centre and the Preterm Foundation, two initiatives which brought safe legal abortion to New South Wales. She has written papers on teenage pregnancy, contraceptive use and abortion and has contributed to international publications.

Details

Chronology

1943

Education - Medical graduate at the University of Sydney

1943? - 1944?

Career position - One of the first female Resident Medical Officers at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney

1944? - 1971

Career position - General practice in Sydney and Blackheath

1960 - 1974

Career position - Gynaecologist at the Rachel Forster Hospital, Sydney

1971 - c. 1972

Career position - Worked on a casual basis with Family Planning New South Wales

c. 1972 - 1974

Career position - Clinical and Training Doctor at Family Planning New South Wales

1974

Career position - Consultant in Family Planning at the Commonwealth Department of Health

1974 - 1986

Career position - Senior Advisor in Family Planning and Women's Health at the Commonwealth Department of Health

1978

Education - Master of Science (MSc) in Medical Demographics completed at London University

1980

Career position - Member of the Australian delegation to the United Nations (UN) Mid-Decade Conference for Women in Copenhagen, Denmark

1984

Career position - Member of the Australian delegation to the International Conference on Population in Mexico City, Mexico

1985

Career position - Member of the Australian delegation to the United Nations (UN) End of Decade Conference for Women in Nairobi, Kenya

1986

Life event - Retired

1987

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

1989 -

Career position - Honorary Associate in Demography at Macquarie University, New South Wales

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Biographical cuttings on Stefania Siedlecky, Dr., medic, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. 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

Articles

• Nagy, Noelene, 'Stefania Siedlecky', WISENET Journal, 51 (June) (1999), http://www.wisenet-australia.org/ISSUE51/sedlecky.htm. Details

Resources

• 'Siedlecky, Stefania (1921-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-475143. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Siedlecky, Stefania Winifred (1921-), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0307b.htm. Details

Reviews

• Tyler, Peter J., No Charge - No Undressing: Fronting up for Good Health (2003)
  Siedlecky, Stefania, Health and History, 6 (1), (2004), 135-138. Details