Person
Caldicott, Helen Mary (1938 - )
- Born
- 7 August 1938
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Paediatrician, Writer and Activist
- Alternative Names
- Broinowski, Helen Mary (maiden name)
Summary
Helen Caldicott trained as a physician and went on to treat children afflicted with cystic fibrosis. During the early 1970s she played a major role in the Australian opposition to the French atmospheric tests in the Pacific. In 1978 Caldicott founded Physicians for Social Responsibility in the USA and has since founded and been a member of a number similar organisations. The recipient of many awards, she has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and has received honorary degrees from numerous universities.
Details
Chronology
- 1961
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Royal Adelaide Hospital
- 1967 - 1968
- Career position - Research Fellow in the Nutrition Clinic at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston, USA
- 1971 - 1972
- Life event - Initiated movement against French atmospheric tests in the Pacific Ocean
- 1972
- Career position - Intern at the Adelaide Children's Hospital
- 1973 - 1974
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Adelaide Children's Hospital
- 1975 - 1976
- Career position - Founder/Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at the Adelaide Children's Hospital
- 1977 - 1980
- Career position - Assistant in Medicine at Children's Hospital Medical Center, Harvard, USA
- 1977 - 1980
- Career position - Instructor in Paediatrics at Harvard Medical School, USA
- 1978 - 1983
- Career position - Founder and President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, USA
- 1980
- Award - Margaret Mead Prize, Environment Defence Center
- 1980
- Life event - Resigned to work full time on the prevention of nuclear war
- 1980
- Career position - Co-leader of the Nuclear Freeze Voter Initiate Campaign
- 1980
- Career position - Founder of Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament
- 1980
- Award - Humanist of the Year Award, Ethical Society of Boston
- 1981
- Award - Gandhi Peace Prize
- 1982
- Career position - Led public New Zealand education campaign (with Dr William Caldicott) resulting in the official New Zealand nuclear-free policy
- 1985
- Award - United Nations Association for Australia Peace Medal Award
- 1985
- Award - John-Roger Foundation Integrity Award
- 1992
- Award - Norman Cousins Award for Peacemaking from the Physicians for Social Responsibility
- 1993
- Award - Louis Mumford Award, Architects Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility
- 1994
- Award - Distinguished Peace Leadership Award, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
- 1995 - 1996
- Career position - Instructor at New School for Social Research, New York, USA
- 1998 -
- Career position - Patron of Parents Protecting Our Children Against Radiation in Lucas Heights, New South Wales
- 1999 -
- Career position - Founder and Secretary of Our Common Future Political Party
- 1999 - 2000
- Career position - President of Star (Standing for Truth About Radiation) Foundation
- 2001
- Career position - Laurie Chair in Women's Studies at Douglass College at Rutger University, USA
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Biographical cuttings on Helen Caldicott, Dr., anti-nuclear activist, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. 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 regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- Caldicott, Helen, A Passionate Life (Milsons Point, NSW: Random House Australia, 1996), 427 pp. Details
Resources
- 'Caldicott, Helen Mary (1938 - )', SA Environment Hall of Fame, Conservation Council SA, Adelaide, 2024, https://www.saenvironmentawards.org.au/helen_caldicott. https://www.saenvironmentawards.org.au/hall_of_fame. Details
- 'Caldicott, Helen (19380807-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-581921. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 11 February 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007