Not domestic servants: Aboriginal Australian women as trained nurses and midwives 1900-1949
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Paper/Presentation Title | Not domestic servants: Aboriginal Australian women as trained nurses and midwives 1900-1949 |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Best, Odette (Author) and Grehan, Madonna (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 32nd Annual AAHN Nursing & Health Care History Conference |
Number of Pages | 1 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | United States |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.resourcenter.net/images/AAHN/files/2015/AnnMtg/2015OnsiteProgram.pdf |
Conference/Event | 32nd Annual AAHN Nursing & Health Care History Conference |
Event Details | 32nd Annual AAHN Nursing & Health Care History Conference Event Date 17 to end of 20 Sep 2015 Event Location Dublin, Ireland |
Abstract | Purpose: This study aimed to test the veracity of anecdotal Methodology: Using a range of methods this study adopted oral history, combined with documentary history, to construct life biographies of individual nurses and midwives. Major Primary and Secondary sources: We used a combination of primary and secondary sources. Primary sources included: oral histories with family/community; hospital records of nurse training and employment, certificates, images; professional association registers of members, newspapers of the relevant period. The main secondary sources were records of local history associations in places where a nurse trained and/or worked. Findings and Conclusions: Our research introduces an entirely new cohort of pioneers in Australian nursing. It counters the received view that, prior to the 1950s, Aboriginal Australian women could work only as domestic servants or were simply passive recipients of health care. Our research established that Aboriginal Australian women were not denied the opportunity to undertake recognised training in nursing and/or midwifery in the first half of the twentieth century. The research supports anecdotal claims that some Aboriginal Australian women had agency, independence, and made a pioneering contribution to Australian health care. |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420599. Nursing not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | Abstract published only. |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
University of Melbourne | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q387z/not-domestic-servants-aboriginal-australian-women-as-trained-nurses-and-midwives-1900-1949
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