Person
Sexton, Hannah Mary Helen (1862 - 1950)
- Born
- 21 June 1862
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 12 October 1950
London, England - Occupation
- Surgeon and Gynaecologist
Summary
Hannah Sexton, in 1892, became the third women to graduate MB BS from the University of Melbourne. In 1896 she helped found the Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Children and was the leader of surgical work until 1908.
Archival resources
Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
- Hannah Mary Helen Sexton - Records, 1896 - 1950; Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne. 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 regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Book Sections
- Russell, Penny, 'Sexton, Hannah Mary Helen (1862-1950), surgeon' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 570-571, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sexton-hannah-mary-helen-8389. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538668. Details
- 'Sexton, Hannah Mary Helen (18620621-19501012)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466946. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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