Person
O'Reilly, Susannah Hennessy (1881 - 1960)
- Born
- 25 January 1881
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 18 June 1960
Pymble, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physician and Obstetrician
Summary
Susannah O'Reilly was a popular family doctor and obstetrician. Her application for a residential post at Sydney Hospital was rejected in January 1905 on the grounds that there was no suitable accommodation for a female resident medical officer, although she was an honours graduate and fourth in her year. She was also a knowledgeable bushwalker and botanist.
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Chronology
- 1903
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1905
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney
- 1905 - 1907
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne and the Royal Hospital for Women in Paddington, Sydney
- 1908 - 1948
- Career position - Joined her father's practice and worked there until her retirement
- 1921
- Career position - Co-founder of the New South Wales Association of Registered Medical Women
- 1926 - 1941
- Career position - Consulting Physician at the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children
- 1948
- Life event - Retired
- 1959 - 1960
- Career position - Life Governor of the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children
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
- Mitchell, Ann M.; Steven, Margaret, 'O'Reilly, Susannah Hennessy (1881-1960), medical practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 95-96, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/oreilly-susannah-hennessy-susie-7919. Details
Journal Articles
- McCarthy, Louella, 'All this fuss about a trivial incident? Women, hospitals and medical work in New South Wales', Women's History Review, 14 (2) (2005), 267-85. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18640505. Details
- 'O'Reilly, Susannah Hennessy (18810125-19600618)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469180. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018