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Ellis, Constance (1872 - 1942) |
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| Born: 2 November 1872 Carlton, Victoria, Australia. Died: 10 September 1942 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. | |
| Constance Ellis was the first women to graduate with a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Melbourne (1903). Her undergraduate record was outstanding as she gained honours in every year of her course and in her final year exams came second in surgery and third in medicine. Ellis gained a one-year residentship at the Melbourne Hospital and later established a private obstetrics and general medicine practice in Malvern. She held many other posts at various hospitals around Melbourne. Constance Ellis was also an inaugural council member of the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association and its vice-president from 1920 to 1942; president of the Medical Women’s Society; councilor of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch; and the first Australian female councilor of the parent British Medical Association. |
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