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Browne, Grace Johnston (1900 - 1988)

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Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Born: 1900  New South Wales, Australia.  Died: 1988.

Grace Browne was Director of the New South Wales Division of Maternal and Baby Welfare 1937-1964 and was a part-time lecturer in Maternal and Child Health at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney 1946-1964. She was president of the Australian Federation of Medical Women, and also president of the Australian Federation of University Women. Grace Browne was appointed MBE - Member of The Order of the British Empire (Civil) - 13 June 1959, for her work as director of Baby Welfare in the New South Wales Health Department.


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Alternative Names:
  • Browne, Grace Cuthbert
 
Sources used to compile this entry: Bright Sparcs and Who's Who in Australia, 1980.
 
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