Person

Henderson, Margaret Mary (1915 - 2017)

OBE

Born
13 November 1915
Died
16 August 2017
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Physician

Summary

Dr. Margaret Henderson joined the Royal Melbourne Hospital as a resident in 1939. In 1959 she became the first woman to be appointed honorary physician by the hospital. Dr Henderson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 12 June 1976, for her services to medicine. In 2005 she was made a Consultant Emeritus by the Melbourne Health Board.

Details

Chronology

1938
Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
1939 - 1940
Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Melbourne Hospital
1941
Education - MD, University of Melbourne
1941 - 1942
Career position - Junior Research Officer at the Medical Research Council
1941 - 1942
Military service - Captain, Australian Military Forces
1947
Education - Member, Royal College of Physicians, London
1947 - 1975
Career position - Honorary Physician, Royal Melbourne Hospital
1959 -
Career position - Consultant Physician, Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne
1976
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - Medicine
1976 - 1981
Career position - Specialist Physician, Royal Melbourne Hospital
1976 - 1994
Career position - Member of the Management Committee, Royal District Nursing Service
1981 -
Career position - Consultant Physician, Royal Melbourne Hospital
1990 - 1994
Career position - Vice-President, Royal District Nursing Service
2012
Award - Doctor of Medical Science (DMedSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

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

Journal Articles

  • Carolan, Jane Mayo, 'Dr Margaret M. Henderson 13 November 1915 - 18 August 2017', Chiron, 2018 (2018), 36-7. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

See also

  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

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