Jull, Roberta Henrietta Margaritta (1872 - 1961)

Roberta Jull was the first woman to establish a medical practice in Perth in 1897. She became active in social welfare, public health and politics. In 1918 Jull became the first Medical Officer of Schools in the Western Australian Public Health Department and took a leading part in the infant health movement.

• Stewart, Roberta (maiden name, 16 August 1872 - 12 November 1898)

Events

1896	Local supervisor of public examinations for the University of Adelaide
1896	Graduated from Glasgow University (Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery)
November 1896	Joined her brother's practice at Guilford, Western Australia
1897	Established a medical practice in Perth, the first woman to do so
1897	Became a member of the Karrakatta Club for Women, Perth
1897	Foundation member of the British Medical Association, Western Australian Branch
12 November 1898	Married Martin Edward Jull, Under Secretary for the Public Works Department, afterwards first Public Servic Commissioner, Western Australia
1915	Supported legislation for compulsory notification and treatment of venereal diseases
1915 - 1942	Member of the Senate for the University of Western Australia
1916 - 1917	Campaigned effectively for the early closing bill and for conscription in the referenda
1917 - 1928	Joined the Western Australian Department of Public Heath as medical officer for schools
1925 - 1927	Foundation member and first president of the Association of University Women
1925 - 1930	Warden of Convocation of the University of Western Australia
1926 - 1928	Federal president of the Association of University Women
1927	Foundation member and president of the Women's University College Fund committee
1929	Member of the Australian delegation to the League of Nations Congress
1930	Elected Honorary Life Member of the British Medical Association, Western Australian Branch
1930	Vice-president of the Women's Immigration Auxiliary Council
1930 - 1932	President of the National Council of Women of Western Australia
1933	Elected Honorary Life Associate for the Guild of Undergraduates at the University of Western Australia
1938	Adviser to the royal commission on the administration of Perth City
1946	Foundation president of the residential university women's college (St Catherine's)

Children

• Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances York (1901 - 1968)

Founding President

• Australian Federation of University Women (Western Australia) Inc. (1923 - )

Membership

• KarraKatta Club (1894 - )

  [1897 - ]

• National Council of Women of Western Australia (1911 - )

  [1913 - ]

• Women's Service Guilds of Western Australia (1909 - 1997)

  Foundation

  [1909 - ]

Presided

• National Council of Women of Western Australia (1911 - )

  [1930 - 1932]

Books

• Jull, Roberta Henrietta Margaritta, 1872-1961, The story of the Alexandra Home for Women., R.S. Sampson, Perth, [1940], 4 pp. [ Details... ]

Book Sections

• Hasluck, Alexandra, 'Roberta Jull', in Popham, Daphne (ed.), Reflections : profiles of 150 women who helped make Western Australia's history, Caroll's Pty Ltd, Perth, 1978, pp. 54-55. [ Details... ]

Conference Papers

• [Jull, Roberta], 'Heredity and environment', in paper read at Karrakatta Women's Club, Upham & Edwards, Perth, 1899, p. 9. [ Details... ]

See also

• 'Papers of Henrietta Drake-Brockman (1901-1968) ', in Finding Aids Manuscripts, National Library of Australia, 13-Nov-2003, http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms1634. [ Details... ]
• Alexander, Joseph A (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1950, 14th edn, The Herald, Melbourne, 1950, 816 pp. [ Details... ]
• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 'Where are the Women in Australian science?', 22 August 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. [ Details... ]
• Daniels, Kay, Uphill all the way, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld, 1980, 335 pp. [ Details... ]
• Davidson, Dianne, Women on the warpath : feminist of the first wave, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1997, 320 pp. [ Details... ]