by Monica Cronin, Curator | Mar 14, 2018 | About the museum, Exhibitions, London School of Medicine for Women, Women |
On International Women’s Day we launched our new exhibition, The Rare Privilege of Medicine: Women anaesthetists in Australia and New Zealand. It’s a small offering, highlighting 10 women from the late 19th Century through to the mid 20th Century, but it also features...
by curator | Dec 18, 2017 | About the museum, Exhibitions, Research, Women |
Jack Rayner is a 2nd year student of history at Swinburne University. Jack is a recent addition to the volunteer team at the Geoffrey Kaye Museum and has been attempting to take classroom skills into the real-world. His research will be contributing to a 2018...
by curator | Jul 27, 2017 | Collections, Conferences, Women |
Ari Hunter has been volunteering with the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History since September 2015 when she undertook an internship to prepare a significance statement for the Bruck Inhaler. Since then, she has undertaken a range of research projects. The...
by Monica Cronin, Curator | Jun 8, 2017 | New Zealand, Research, University of Otago, War, Women |
This post is one in a series uncovering the stories of early women anaesthetists from Australia and New Zealand. In a very polite letter to the Chancellor of the University of Otago, dated 10 March, 1891, 18 year old Emily Siedeberg expressed her desire to study...
by Monica Cronin, Curator | Jan 8, 2017 | About the museum, Melbourne Hospital, Queen Victoria Hospital, University of Melbourne, Women |
This post is one in a series uncovering the stories of early women anaesthetists from Australia and New Zealand. Dr Janet Lindsay Greig was the first woman in Australia to be appointed to the position of Honorary Anaesthetist. Her story is also remarkable. Janet was...
by Monica Cronin, Curator | Dec 19, 2016 | London School of Medicine for Women, New Zealand, Research, Scottish Women's Hospitals, University of New Zealand, University of Otago, Women |
This post is one in a series uncovering the stories of early women anaesthetists from Australia and New Zealand. The University of New Zealand (UNZ) was established in 1874. Although the University of Otago had opened in 1871 with a staff of three professors, UNZ was...
