(Dr.) Margaret Mary Henderson 1
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- 1. Family knowledge.
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4 generations
| Photograph provided by Dr Margaret Henderson (pictured). (centre)Grannie Dowdell (Martha Dowdell nee Marshall), (left to right) Jessie Isobel Henderson (nee Dowdell), Rev Kenneth Thorne Henderson and Dr Margaret Henderson. |
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Newspaper article on Margaret Henderson - Young Doctor Returns
| THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1938. | ||
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Woman 's Realm YOUNG DOCTOR RETURNS. Miss M. Henderson's Success. DR. Margaret Henderson returned to her home in Perth by the West- land express yesterday morning after completing her medical course at Mel- bourne University. After winning the modern languages exhibition from the Presbyterian Ladies' College, she then be- gan her course at the University of West- ern Australia and later shared three ex- hibitions in anatomy, physiology and pathology in Melbourne. She concluded her course in distinguished fashion this year by sharing the Douglas Stephens Prize for Diseases of Children with Dr. Karl Georgeff, shortly to be a resident doctor at Perth Hospital, sharing the Heaney Scholarship in surgery with first class honours and also gaining honours in medicine and gynaecology with third place among this year's graduates. Asked whether women students were handicapped in any way on account of their sex, Dr. Henderson replied in the negative, saying that they were treated on a par with the men students and given equal chances. About 10 per cent of the medical students were women and taking the results on the whole, women were more successful than men. Most women doctors, Dr. Henderson said, did not en- counter any prejudice where sex was con- cerned until after they had started in general practice. In the larger public hospitals, however, no discrimination whatever was being made where the em- ployment of men and women was con- cerned. There was no reason why a prejudice should exist, Dr. Henderson maintained, and the fact that a student was a woman should in no way be a bar to her suc- cess in almost any sphere of medicine, providing that her physical and mental capabilities were up to the standard re- quired for men. Dr. Henderson consid- ered that in the next 20 years or so, it was probable that the bulk of gynaecologlcal and obsteric work would fall into the hands of women doctors. Although not what one might term an ultra-feminist, Dr. Henderson does main- tain that if university graduates marry, the right should not be denied them to continue with their jobs If they so de- sire. "I think that if the jobs are not retained, assets which the State cannot afford to lose are being wasted," she said. "In any case, it costs the State a cer- tain amount for the course, as the fees do not cover all expenses, and the suc- cessful student is left with more or less of a liability which he or she should use to the best of advantage." Every gradu- ate, Dr. Henderson said, should be con- scious of her responsibility to the com- munity. When a woman married and continued her job, she often created em- ployment for other people and usually employed domestic workers in her own home to do work for, which she herself had not been trained and was not suited. Dr. Henderson has as yet made no de- finite decisions regarding her future. She hopes to return to Melbourne in February in order to gain experience. She finds children's work most attractive and also considers pathology as a suitable field for women. There were several successful women pathologists in Melbourne, she said, foremost among them being Dr. Hilda Gardiner, haematologist at the Melbourne Hospital. Open the article on the Trove web site. |
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Newspaper article on Margaret Henderson - The Ormonde
| THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1947. | |||
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THOUSAND MIGRANTS Many Children Arrive By The Ormonde The first ship to arrive in Australia from Great Britain after having been specially refitted for the carriage of migrants, the liner Ormonde arrived at Fremantle yesterday. She had 1,085 passengers, almost all of whom are intending settlers in Australia. Those disembarking totalled 108. |
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Many of the migrants aboard the Ormonde were children, and there were five official parties of child mi- grants under different schemes as well as many children travelling with their parents. Altogether there were 291 children under the age of 12 years aboard the ship. That they were popular with the crew is shown by the action of the men in paying for a prize, consisting of a packet of sweets, a bar of chocolate and a postcard of the ship, for each one of them at a children's fancy dress party held during the voyage. Of those who landed at Fremantle, 88 were children who came under the Roman Catholic migration scheme. Aged from five to 14 years, they are from orphan- ages in Scotland and England, and were bound for various Roman Catholic institutions in Western Aus- tralia. They travelled under the care of the Rev. Father R. Rogers, who is on his way from London- derry, Northern Ireland, to Tas- mania, where he will do parish work. He was assisted aboard the ship by Dr. J. A. McCluskie, a psy- chiatrist who, with his wife and four children, intends to live in this State, and by two Sisters and four nurses. After landing, the children were accorded a reception at St. Patrick's Hall, Fremantle. Among those welcoming a party travelling under the Fairbridge Farm Schools scheme was Mrs. Kingsley Fairbridge, widow of the founder of the scheme. There were 12 girls and 16 boys under this scheme, all going to the farm school at Molong (N.S.W.) The Rev. C. A. Guest, who is travelling in charge of them, said that this was the first lot of Fairbridge children to come to Aus- tralia since 1940. Another party was expected to leave England next month, probably again for Molong. He could not say when a party for the school in Pinjarra was likely to leave Britain. While the Ormonde was in port, the Fairbridge party was entertained by local Old Fairbridgeans, including Mrs. Kingsley Fairbridge and one of her sons (Dr. Rhodes Fairbridge). During the morning they were taken by bus to the South Perth zoo, and then had lunch in picnic fashion in King's Park. Twenty boys and 18 girls arrived under the Dr. Barnardo's Homes scheme, bound for New South Wales. Mr. W. Allen, a member of the staff of the organisation in Lon- don, is travelling in charge of the party, and he said that this was the first party of Barnardo children to leave Britain since the war. Aged from eight to 16 years, most of them had had training in farm work. Another party was expected to come out soon. Dr. Barnardo's Homes had already sent 5,000 children to Australia and 26,000 to Canada, Mr. Allen said. Boy scouts and girl guides com- bined to entertain the Barnardo party yesterday, and before rejoin- ing the ship they spent some time at the Fremantle Y.M.C.A. More young people for farms in New South Wales are 22 Little Brothers travelling under the Big Brother scheme. Many of them had been farming in England, said the Rev. S. S. Ashfold, who is travelling in charge of them. They are aged 16 and 17 years, and are the second party under this scheme since the war. Mr. Ashfold is a member of the Brotherhood of the Good Shep- herd at Dubbo (N.S.W.) and is re- turning after 12 months' leave of absence in Britain. The Little Brothers were cared for by members of the Victoria League while the Ormonde was in port. Dr. Margaret Henderson, an old girl of Presbyterian Ladies' College, |
Peppermint Grove, and a graduate in medicine of the University of Melbourne, is travelling as assistant surgeon aboard the Ormonde, and is also in charge of a party of 40 children under the Children's Over- seas Reception Board scheme. About half of these were evacuee children during the war. Of the total, 25 are for Melbourne, five for Adelaide, three for Sydney and seven for Brisbane. They were entertained by members of the Overseas League. One of the Brisbane boys. Ray- mond Willocks (15), was stricken with acute appendicitis during the voyage, and on the day before the ship reached Colombo an operation was necessary. Dr. Henderson per- formed the operation herself, with the assistance of other members of the ship's staff, and is one of very few women to have operated for appendicitis at sea. She is a daugh- ter of the Rev. Kenneth Henderson, director of religious broadcasts of the Australian Broadcasting Com- mission. She has recently been do- ing post-graduate work in London and Switzerland. Of the adult migrants, about 130 are building tradesmen and their |
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Some of the 1,085 passengers who arrived at Fremantle by the Ormonde yesterday from England. Most of them intend to settle in Australia. The decks were lined as they had their first glimpse of a new country. | |||
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families going to Sydney for W. J. Ritchie and Co. Ltd., a Sheffield firm which has obtained a contract to build houses at Herne Bay for the N.S.W. Housing Commission. Mr. J. E. Smith, manager of the company, said that Mr. Ritchie, its principal, would shortly fly to Aus- tralia, to which a large part of his business would be transferred. The first contract, which was a result of Mr. Ritchie's visit to Australia last May, was for 100 houses, and it was expected that further contracts would be signed. Every trade asso- ciated with building of houses was represented by the 50 skilled trades- men in the party. The newcomers were welcomed aboard the ship by Senator Tangney, representing the Minister for Im- migration (Mr. Calwell), and by Mr. E. M. Davies, M.L.C., and the pre- sident of the Fremantle district council of the A.L.P. (Mr. G. W. Harris). They spoke over the loud- speaker system of the vessel. At the reception at St Patrick's Hall the Minister for Lands and Im- migration (Mr. Thorn) and the Under-Secretary for Lands (Mr. H. E. Smith) also took part in the welcome. Open the article on the Trove web site. |
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