Lorna Lloyd-Green
Lorna Lloyd-Green,
Early life and education
Lorna Lloyd-Green was born on 4 February 1910 in
Career
She began practicing at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She was superintendent of the Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Children in 1940.[6] In 1947, Lloyd-Green became a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[7] She received honours for her work in obstetrics and gynecology and her advocacy. LLoyd-Green founded an infertility clinic at the Queen Victoria Hospital,[8] which would later become the Monash IVF Clinic.[9] Lloyd-Green also helped to found the Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
In 1989 she retired from medicine and became a music therapist.[1][10][11][12]
She worked for almost fifty years and had delivered thousands of babies in that time, in addition to providing care to women and nursing mothers.
Personal life
Lloyd-Green did not marry . She died on 24 June 2002.
Legacy
She was honoured for her work and her advocacy of equal pay for women doctors, as a Fellow of the Australian Medical Association.[9]
An annual music scholarship is given in her name by
Awards and honours
- President, Victorian Women's Medical Society (1948)
- Vice-President, Australian Federation of Medical Women (1950–1954; 1962–1965)
- Vice-President, Medical Women's International Association (1958–1968)
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE; 1968)
- Fellow, Australian Medical Association (1969)
- Woman of the Year (1970)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE; 1979)
- Commonwealth Recognition Award for Senior Australians (2000)
- Victorian Honour Roll (2001)
- Fellow, Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
References
- ^ ISBN 9780415920407.
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- ^ "SCHOOL SPEECH DAYS". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 20 December 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "SCHOOL SPEECH NIGHTS". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 17 December 1927. p. 22. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "LOWTHER HALL". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 19 December 1928. p. 8. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "Lady Dugan Visits Hospital". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 25 April 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "Woman Members of R.C.O.G." Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 8 March 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "20 P.C. CHILDLESS MARRIAGES HERE". Brisbane Telegraph (Qld. : 1948 - 1954). 2 January 1948. p. 7. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "You searched for lloyd green - Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia". Alliance of Girls’ Schools Australasia. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Centre, The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research. "Lloyd-Green, Lorna – Biographical entry – Encyclopedia of Australian Science". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Lloyd-Green, Dr Lorna OBE CBE (1910–2002) – Pioneering obstetrician and gynaecologist – AGSA". www.agsa.org.au. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Lloyd-Green, Lorna, (OBE, CBE, MB, BS, DGO, FRACOG, FRCOG, RMT) (1910–2002) – People and organisations – Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 26 December 2015.