Person

Holden, Frances Gillam (1843 - 1924)

Born: 9 February 1843
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died: 21 August 1924
Occupation: Nurse and Hospital administrator

Summary

Frances Holden was Lady Superintendent of the Hospital for Sick Children, Sydney from 1880 to 1887, during which time she published works on medicine and nursing training as well as verse and prose. She was dismissed from that position in 1887 after a bitter dispute and public inquiry. After 1887 she lectured and continued to write on nursing and hygiene. She was a feminist and member of the Dawn Club.

Related People

Osburn, Lucy (1836 - 1891)
Frances Holden, Sister Probationer, was dismissed by Lucy Osburn before completing her training at Sydney Hospital. Five years later Holden became Lady Superintendent of the Childrens Hospital in Sydney.

Archival resources

Royal Alexandra Hospital Archives, Sydney

Frances Gillam Holden - Records; Royal Alexandra Hospital Archives, Sydney. Details

Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital

Frances Gillam Holden - Records; Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital. 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

Briggs, B. E., 'Holden, Frances Gillam (1843-1924)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 328-329. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090335b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24250711. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91582567. Details
'Holden, Frances Gillam (1843-1924)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-478040. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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