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Row, Helen
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- Row, Helen Maude
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1909-1987
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Doctor Helen Maud (or Maude) Row, née Whiddon, was an Australian medical practitioner who graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1933. She was the first female general practitioner to practice in rural communities in the 1930s and 1940s. From 1936 to 1938, Doctor Row momentarily lived and worked in London, England, while her husband, Doctor Peter Row, also a medical graduate of the University of Sydney, completed his postgraduate studies. She undertook special work in the Infants' Hospital in Westminster. Upon returning to Australia, Doctor Row was a valued member of the Manildra/Molong community in New South Wales. She provided public classes, was appointed an honorary medical staff member of the Molong District Hospital and served as the treasurer of the Manildra Progress Association until 1945 when she returned to Brisbane. In 1949, Doctor Row was appointed as a medical officer in the Brisbane Psychiatry Clinic. From 1948 to 1952, Doctor Row was the state president of the Queensland Mothercraft Association (founded by Lady Cilento). In 2022 the University of Queensland established a scholarship for females studying a Doctor of Medicine in rural areas to commemorate the contribution of Doctor Row.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, Kymberley Doyle, 05-Mar-2025.
Revised, KM, 11-Feb-2025.
Revised, JH, 3-Jun-2020
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'Dr Helen Row-Zonta Rural Health Scholarship in Medicine' The University of Queensland, accessed online 11-Feb-2025.
'Dr. Helen Row's departure: Manildra regret' Molong Express and Western District Advertiser (21 December 1945), accessed online 11-Feb-2025.
'Social Brisbane' Truth (29 October 1950), accessed online 11-Feb-2025.
'First aid class' Molong Express and Western District Advertiser (14 March 1942), accessed online 11-Feb-2025.
'Doctors married yesterday - University interest' The Sydney Morning Herald (8 October 1936), accessed online 11-Feb-2025.
'Doctor's wedding' The Labor Daily (8 October 1936), accessed online 11-Feb-2025.
'Brisbane - Doctor's success in London' Courier Mail (17 November 1938), accessed online 11-Feb-2025.
'Molong District Hospital' Molong Express and Western District Advertiser (27 August 1943), accessed online 11-Feb-2025.
'Staff increases for clinic' Brisbane Telegraph (1 September 1949), accessed online 11-Feb-2025.
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Revised dates of existence, Kymberley Doyle, 05-Mar-2025.