Mary Page Stone

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Mary Page Stone
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Dr Mary Stone, 1907
Born(1865-05-31)31 May 1865
Died18 December 1910(1910-12-18) (aged 45)
Cause of deathfalling from her bicycle after colliding with a dray
Occupationmedical doctor
Known forco-founding the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne
RelativesCousins, 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

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]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. "Stenograms". The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) . Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 21 April 1894. p. 730. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. "Queen Victoria Hospital Founders". www.vic.gov.au. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  4. "A Cycling Tragedy". The Age . No. 17, 398. Victoria, Australia. 19 December 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 26 May 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "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.
  6. "Victorian Honour Roll of Women List of Inductees 2001-2011" (PDF).