Person
Tooth, Kathleen Helen (1916 - )
- Born
- 27 August 1916
Bristol, England - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Kathleen Tooth was a resident medical officer at the Sydney Hospital from 1940-1943. In May 1943 she became the first woman to hold the position of medical superintendent at the Hospital.
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Chronology
- 1939
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Sydney
- 1940 - 1943
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Sydney Hospital
- May 1943
- Medical Superintendent at the Sydney Hospital - first woman to hold the position
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
Resources
- 'Tooth, Kathleen Helen (1916-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475774. Details
See also
- Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details
- Courtice, F. C ., 'Robert John Walsh', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (2) (1985), 277-291. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9850620277. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 12 March 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007