'Queen Vic' Women Honoured
Queen Victoria Women's Centre was very pleased to see women from our past and present inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2007.
On International Women's Day, 8 March, Minister for Women's Affairs, Jacinta Allan MP, inducted ten founders of the Queen Victoria Hospital. 'These ten remarkable and visionary women join fellow Queen Victoria Hospital founders Dr Constance Stone (2001 inductee) and social worker Annette Bear-Crawford on the Victorian Honour Roll of Women'.
The founding women inducted were:
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Dr Emily Mary Page Stone |
Dr Bertha Main (Lady Leitch) |
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Dr Elfreda Hilda Gamble |
Dr Marie Elizabeth Amy Castilla |
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Dr Hannah Mary Helen Sexton |
Dr Gertrude Halley |
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Dr Janet Lindsay Greig |
Dr Lilian Helen Alexander |
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Dr Grace Clara Stone |
Dr Jane Stocks Greig |
QVWC Trustee Barbara Jennings was inducted into the 2007 Victorian Women's Honour Roll.
Several of the founding women of the Queen Victoria Hospital. Photo courtesy: Monash Medical Centre Historical Archive, Southern Health.
QVWC was also very proud to have current Trustee Barbara Jennings inducted into the Honour Roll. Barbara was honoured for her work as 'an inspirational leader who has ignited and unified broad coalitions on behalf of major infrastructure projects involving the Royal Women's Hospital and the Queen Victoria Hospital'.
'It was clear that women wanted the building to be a women's centre, which could house organisations and be a credible, effective advocate for women's issues,' Barbara said about the campaign to save the Queen Victoria Hospital.
Congratulations to all the 2007 Honour Roll Inductees!