Person

Rivett, Amy Christine (1891 - 1962)

Born
28 February 1891
Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
Died
14 July 1962
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Physician

Summary

Amy Rivett was a disciple of Marie Stopes and advocated birth control. Later she specialised in gynaecology. She and her brother Edward were partners in Brisbane in the 1920s and again in Sydney after World War II. As municipal medical officer in Brisbane she was in charge of the health of licensed prostitutes. Rivett was a foundation member of the Queensland Medical Women's Society.

Details

Chronology

1915
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Sydney
1915 - 1917
Career position - Superintendent at the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane
1917
Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Brisbane General Hospital
1918
Education - Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney
1918
Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Lady Bowen Hospital
1919 - c. 1946
Career position - Private practice in Wickham Terrace
1936
Career position - Studied in London and Vienna
c. 1946 - ?
Career position - Private practice with her brother Edward in Sydney

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

  • Rutledge, Martha, 'Rivett , Amy Christine (1891-1962) and Edward William (1894-1962), Medical Practitioners' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), p. 401. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110409b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Williams, Lesley M., 'Medical Women in Queensland: Characters and Charisma', Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 20 (4) (2007), 134-138. Details

Resources

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