Person

Ross, Isabella Henrietta Younger (1887 - 1956)

OBE

Born
15 July 1887
Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Died
2 April 1956
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Physician

Summary

Isabella Ross was instrumental in establishing the first baby clinic in Victoria and became a central figure in the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association. A plaque commemorating her is at the Queen Elizabeth Maternal and Child Welfare Centre, Carlton.

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Chronology

1914
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), University Glasgow
1914 - c. 1915
Career position - Worked in the slum areas of Glasgow and Edinburgh
c. 1915 - 1917
Career position - House Physician at the Queen's Hospital for Children, London
1917
Career position - Travelled to Australia through the USA, where she studied child welfare under Dr Herman N. Bundesen in Chicago
June 1917
Career position - Established the first Victorian baby clinic at Richmond
1918
Career position - Became a central figure in the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association
1918 - 1950
Career position - Worked for various periods at the Children's, Royal Women's and Queen Victoria Hospitals in Melbourne, as well as in private practice
1938
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1938 - 1940
Career position - President, Lyceum Club

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Reiger, Kerreen M., 'Ross, Isabella Henrietta Younger (1887-1956), Medical Practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 456-457. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110463b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

  • Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details

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