Booth, Mary

 Person: id 85378
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Event flag
World War I
Family name
Booth
Given name(s)
Mary
Initials
M.
Honorific
Dr.
Gender
Female
Early education
Booth, M. : Airlie School
Tertiary education
Booth M. : Arts.B.A., 1890, University of SydneyBooth M. : Medicine, University of MelbourneBooth M. : Arts.B.A., 1893, University of MelbourneBooth M. : Medicine.C.M., 1899, University of EdinburghBooth M. : Medicine.M.B., 1899, University of Edinburgh
Birth
Booth M. : Life.Birth 9 Jul 1869 - @ Burwood [ NSW Australia ]
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Booth M. : Governess 1891 - 1893 @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Booth M. : Anthropometrist 1900 - Department of Government Statistician @ New South Wales [ NSW Australia ]Booth M. : Medical Practitioner 1901 - 1910 Private Practice @ Macquarie Street : Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Booth M. : Lecturer in Hygiene 1904 - 1909 Department of Public Instruction @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Booth M. : Medical Director 1910 - 1912 Department of Education, VIC @ Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia
Professional Association Memberships
Booth, Mary : Town Planning Association of NSW, 1920
Other events
Booth M. : Specific terms.Founded the Women's Club 1901Booth M. : Specific terms.Represented Commonwealth Government at Conference on Infant Mortality 1913 - @ London [ England ]Booth M. : Specific terms.Travelled to England 1913Booth M. : Specific terms.Appointed O.B.E. Order British Empire 1918Booth M. : Specific terms.Stood unsuccessfully for parliament 1920Booth M. : Specific terms.Founded Anzac Fellowship of Women 1921Booth M. : Specific terms.Founded Ex Service Women's ClubBooth M. : Specific terms.Founded the Empire Services Club 1923Booth M. : Specific terms.Attended 12th Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Town Planning 1929 - @ Rome [ Italy ]Booth M. : Specific terms.Founded Memorial College of Household Arts and Sciences 1936 - @ Kirribilli [ NSW Australia ]Booth M. : Specific terms.Commemorated by Dr Mary Booth Scholarship 1961 - @ University of Sydney : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]
Death
Booth M. : Death 28 Nov 1956 @ Rachel Forster Hospital : Redfern [ NSW Australia ]
OCRd book entry or other narrative
Not listed in the Book of Remembrance. Her offer in 1914 to supervise refugee camps in Egypt was refused as she was too well qualified. In November she founded the Babies' Kit Society for the Allies' Babies and in June 1920 she opened the Soldiers' Club in the Royal Hotel, George Street; she was its honorary secretary until it closed in 1923, and she ran it very strictly. From September 1915 she was a member of the executive committee of the Universal Service League and campaigned vigorously for conscription. Other war-work included organizing the Centre for Soldiers' Wives and Mothers and setting up a war widows' fund. FROM ADB entry
Publications
Report on Infant Mortality 1913, Published Boy Settler 1925-1944,
Parental occupation
Schoolmaster
Other URLs
http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110362383https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/771616https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/primo-explore/search?vid=SLNSW&tab=defaul...mOL2%22%3E%3C%2Fi%3Ehttp://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0113b.htmhttp://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0100b.htm
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