Person
Fawkes, Barbara Noel (1915 - 2002)
OBE
- Born
- 25 December 1915
England - Died
- 4 October 2002
Tunbridge Wells, England - Occupation
- Nurse and Educator
Summary
Barbara Fawkes trained as a nurse and midwife at the Middlesex Hospital School of Nursing, England, 1934-1938. She continued her nursing career into the post-World War II era. In 1942 Fawkes gained a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University, USA, and followed this with a year spent touring nursing schools in Canada, New Zealand and Australia. In the mid-1970s Fawkes moved to Melbourne and continued to provide assistance for nurses and nursing organisations. Fawkes was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Barbara Fawkes - Records, 1954 - 1984, MS 9670; 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 regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Collins, Sheila, 'Obituary: Barbara Noel Fawkes, OBE, Nurse and Educator', The Age (2003). Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4858882. Details
- 'Fawkes, Barbara (19151225-20021004)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-743088. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 24 November 2003, Last modified: 9 October 2006