Person
Dawe, Kathleen Edith (1915 - 1999)
- Born
- 28 March 1915
England - Died
- 2 April 1999
- Occupation
- Social worker
Summary
Kathleen Dawe began her working life as a secretary, later working as a typist in the Postmaster-General's Department. After World War Two she undertook the Diploma of Social Studies at the University of Melbourne, followed by a one year course at the Hospital Almoners Institute. Dawe worked as a social worker at the Red Cross for two years and at the Alfred Hospital for five years. She spent twenty-two years as head of the Medical Social Work Department at the Royal Children's Hospital. Dawe contributed greatly to the identification of child abuse.
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Chronology
- c. 1921
- Life event - Settled in Australia
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
Newspaper Articles
- Nicoll, Jean; Miller, Jane; Giljohann, Anne; and Crutch, Margaret and John, 'Obituary: Kathleen Edith Dawe, Social Worker', The Age (1999). Details
Resources
- 'Dawe, Kathleen Edith (19150328-19990402)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476487. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 1 August 2007