Sweet, Georgina (1875 - 1946)

Georgina Sweet was Australia’s first female acting professor (biology, University of Melbourne, 1916-1917). She was associate professor of Zoology, University of Melbourne 1920-1924, and her research included the zoology of Australian native animals and the parasites infesting Australian stock and native fauna. Sweet was Australian president of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), 1927-1934; vice-president of the world YWCA from 1934; foundation member of the Victorian Women Graduates’ Association; and, first president of the Pan-Pacific Women’s Association, 1930. She was appointed OBE - Officer of The Order of the British Empire (Civil) - 3 June 1935, for services to women's movements.

Membership

• Australian Federation of University Women - Victoria Inc. (1922 - )
• The Catalysts' Society (1910 - )

  One of the original 19 members of 'The Catalysts'

  [1910 - 1946]

• Lyceum Club (Melbourne) (1912 - )

Related People

• Webb, Jessie Stobo Watson (1880 - 1944)

  Jessie Webb accompanied Dr Georgina Sweet on a journey from Cape Town to Cairo

  [1922 - 1923]

Book Sections

• MacCallum, Monica, 'Georgina Sweet (1875-1946), Zoologist, Academic and Philanthropist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1990, pp. 149-150. [ Details... ]

Journal Articles

• Agar, W. E., 'Obituary: Dr Georgina Sweet', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 9, no. 1, 1946, p. 15. [ Details... ]
• Anderson, F., 'Georgina Sweet: A Brilliant Career', Australasian Science, vol. 21, no. 4, 2000, p. 46. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• 'Sweet, Georgina (1875 - 1946), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000820b.htm. [ Details... ]

See also

• 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... ]
• Kelly, Farley, Degrees of liberation : a short history of women in the University of Melbourne, Women Graduates Centenary Committee, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., 1985, 172 pp. [ Details... ]
• Ridley, Ronald T, Jessie Webb, a memoir, University of Melbourne, Department of History, Parkville, Vic., 1994, 208 pp. [ Details... ]
• Ruljancich, Sally, 'Garden Parties and Politics : The Victorian Women's Graduate Association 1920-1945', in The Millennium Scholars (ed.), A chequered past : pieces of Melbourne University, University of Melbourne, Dept. of History, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 28-38. [ Details... ]