Person
Siedlecky, Stefania Winifred (1921 - )
AM
- Born
- 1921
Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physician, Gynaecologist and Epidemiologist
Summary
Stefania Siedlecky was one of the first two female resident medical officers at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney. She spent nearly thirty years in general practice and was on the gynaecology staff at Rachel Forster Hospital in Sydney 1960-1974. While working with Family Planning New South Wales in the 1970s Siedlecky helped to establish the Leichhardt Women's Health Centre and the Preterm Foundation, two initiatives which brought safe legal abortion to New South Wales. She has written papers on teenage pregnancy, contraceptive use and abortion and has contributed to international publications.
Details
Chronology
- 1943
- Education - Medical graduate, University of Sydney
- 1943? - 1944?
- Career position - One of the first female Resident Medical Officers at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney
- 1944? - 1971
- Career position - General practice in Sydney and Blackheath
- 1960 - 1974
- Career position - Gynaecologist at the Rachel Forster Hospital, Sydney
- 1971 - c. 1972
- Career position - Worked on a casual basis with Family Planning New South Wales
- c. 1972 - 1974
- Career position - Clinical and Training Doctor at Family Planning New South Wales
- 1974
- Career position - Consultant in Family Planning at the Commonwealth Department of Health
- 1974 - 1986
- Career position - Senior Advisor in Family Planning and Women's Health at the Commonwealth Department of Health
- 1978
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) in Medical Demographics, London University
- 1980
- Career position - Member of the Australian delegation to the United Nations (UN) Mid-Decade Conference for Women in Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1984
- Career position - Member of the Australian delegation to the International Conference on Population in Mexico City, Mexico
- 1985
- Career position - Member of the Australian delegation to the United Nations (UN) End of Decade Conference for Women in Nairobi, Kenya
- 1986
- Life event - Retired
- 1987
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
- 1989 -
- Career position - Honorary Associate in Demography at Macquarie University, New South Wales
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Biographical cuttings on Stefania Siedlecky, Dr., medic, 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
Articles
- Nagy, Noelene, 'Stefania Siedlecky', WISENET Journal, 51 (June) (1999), http://www.wisenet-australia.org/ISSUE51/sedlecky.htm. Details
Resources
- 'Siedlecky, Stefania (1921-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-475143. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Siedlecky, Stefania Winifred (1921-), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0307b.htm. Details
Reviews
- Tyler, Peter J., No Charge - No Undressing: Fronting up for Good Health (2003)
Siedlecky, Stefania, Health and History, 6 (1), (2004), 135-138. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 31 March 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007