Corporate Body
Women's Hospital (1856 - 1954)
- From
- 1856
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1954
- Functions
- Hospitals or Clinics
- Alternative Names
- Lying-in Hospital (Also known as)
Summary
The Women's Hospital was established in 1856 as a place where underprivileged women could give birth and be given proper medical attention. In 1858 the hospital moved to its present site in Parkville. The Women's Hospital was granted the prefix 'Royal' in 1954, becoming the Royal Women's Hospital.
Published resources
Books
- McCalman, Janet, Sex and Suffering: Women's Health and a Women's Hospital, Melbourne, 1856-1996 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1998), 432 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Lewis, Annette, 'The Role of the President, Janet Lady Clarke, in the Closure of the Women's Hospital, Melbourne, 1902', Victorian Historical Journal, 83 (2012), 31-55. Details
- McCalman, Janet, 'The Power of Care: the Women's Hospital 1884-1914', Nursing Inquiry, 5 (1998), 204-211. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-604349. Details
Reviews
- McCalman, Janet, Sex and Suffering: Women's Health and a Women's Hospital, Melbourne, 1856-1996, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1998, 432 pp.
Hunter-payne, Gwynedd, Health and History, 1 (1), (1998), 76-80. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 9 April 2003, Last modified: 3 February 2010