Mary Page Stone
Mary Page Stone | |
|---|---|
 Dr Mary Stone, 1907 | |
| Born | 31 May 1865 |
| Died | 18 December 1910 (aged 45) |
| Occupation | medical doctor |
| Known for | co-founding the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne |
| Relatives | Cousins, Constance Stone and Clara Stone |
Emily Mary Page Stone MBBS (31 May 1865 – 18 December 1910), generally referred to as Mary or E. Mary Page Stone (sometimes hyphenated), was a medical doctor in the State of Victoria, Australia.
Mary was born in Mornington, Victoria. She was the daughter of a shopkeeper – John Stone, and his wife – Laura Matilda, née Reed. She received her education there and later in England, trained as a teacher. She returned to Melbourne, where she taught at various private schools before enlisting with Melbourne University as a medical student in 1889.[1]
She graduated after a brilliant scholastic career, being second in the top five for her graduating year. This should have entitled her to a position as resident medical officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, but was controversially disqualified because of her gender.[2]
Stone was one of the founders of the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne.[3]
She practised for sixteen years – first at Windsor then Hawthorn, before her death which took place due to a fall from her bicycle post colliding with a dray.[4]
She was active in the cause of temperance, and an hon. secretary of the Victorian branch of the National Council of Women.
Her cousins – Constance Stone and Clara Stone, were also medical doctors.
Recognition
[edit]An operating theatre at Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, designed by I. G. Beaver, was dedicated to her memory by the National Council of Women.[5]
For being a cofounder of the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, Stone was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2007.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Penny Russell, 'Stone, Emily Mary (1865–1910)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stone-emily-mary-9238/text15175, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Stenograms". The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 21 April 1894. p. 730. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Queen Victoria Hospital Founders". www.vic.gov.au. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "A Cycling Tragedy". The Age. No. 17, 398. Victoria, Australia. 19 December 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 26 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 28 August 1911. p. 6. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Victorian Honour Roll of Women List of Inductees 2001-2011" (PDF).
- Australian general practitioners
- Australian women medical doctors
- Australian medical doctors
- Australian temperance activists
- Road incident deaths in Victoria (state)
- 1865 births
- 1912 deaths
- Cycling road incident deaths
- University of Melbourne alumni
- People from Mornington, Victoria
- Medical doctors from Melbourne
- People from the Colony of Victoria