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'''Emma Constance Stone''' (4 December 1856{{spaced endash}}29 December 1902) was the first woman to practice medicine in Australia. She played an important role in founding the Queen Victoria Hospital in Melbourne.
'''Emma Constance Stone''' (4 December 1856{{spaced endash}}29 December 1902) was the first woman to practice medicine in Australia. She played an important role in founding both the [[Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne|Queen Victoria Hospital]], and the [[Victorian Medical Women's Society]] in Melbourne.


== Early life and education==
== Early life and education==
Stone was born on 4 December 1856 in [[Hobart|Hobart, Tasmania]] to William and Betsy Stone. The family moved to Melbourne in 1872.<ref>[[Penny Russell]], 'Stone, Grace Clara (1860–1957)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stone-grace-clara-9237/text15175, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 9 June 2018.</ref> In 1882, Stone met Reverend David Egryn Jones, who had emigrated from England. Moved by the poverty his parish, Jones decided to study medicine, and Constance followed suit.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://emhs.org.au/system/files/catalogue/pdf_files/vf0144_01.pdf|title=The Life of Constance Stone – Australia's First Woman Doctor|last=Macdonald|first=Wendy}}</ref> She was forced to leave Australia to study medicine since the [[University of Melbourne]] would not admit women into the medicine course.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139707402|title=MISS EMMA CONSTANCE STONE, L.S.A., LONDON, M.D. AND CH.M., TRINITY COLLEGE, TORONTO.|date=1895-03-16|work=Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946)|access-date=2017-06-04|pages=23}}</ref> She graduated from the [[Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania]], and was awarded her [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] from the [[University of Trinity College]], [[Toronto]] in 1888.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21808420|title=NEWSY NOTES.|date=1903-01-10|work=Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 – 1939)|access-date=2017-06-04|pages=94}}</ref> Jones followed her to Canada to earn his MD.<ref name=":0" />
Stone was born on 4 December 1856 in [[Hobart|Hobart, Tasmania]] to William and Betsy Stone. The family moved to Melbourne in 1872.<ref name=ADB/> In 1882, Stone met Reverend David Egryn Jones, who had emigrated from England. Moved by the poverty his parish, Jones decided to study medicine, and Constance followed suit.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://emhs.org.au/system/files/catalogue/pdf_files/vf0144_01.pdf|title=The Life of Constance Stone – Australia's First Woman Doctor|last=Macdonald|first=Wendy}}</ref> She was forced to leave Australia to study medicine since the [[University of Melbourne]] would not admit women into the medicine course.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139707402|title=Miss Emma Constance Stone, L.S.A., London, M.D. And CH.M., Trinity College, Toronto.|date=1895-03-16|work=Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946)|access-date=2017-06-04|pages=23}}</ref> She graduated from the [[Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania]], and was awarded her [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] from the [[University of Trinity College]], [[Toronto]] in 1888.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21808420|title=Newsy Notes.|date=1903-01-10|work=Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 – 1939)|access-date=2017-06-04|pages=94}}</ref> Jones followed her to Canada to earn his MD.<ref name=":0" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
Stone went on to London where she worked in the [[New Hospital for Women]] and qualified as a licentiate of the [[Worshipful Society of Apothecaries]] in 1889. It was her time at the New Hospital which was her inspiration to one day found a hospital that was run 'by women, for women'.<ref>{{cite book|last=Russell|first=Penny|title=Stone, Emma Constance (1856–1902)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stone-emma-constance-8676|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography, 2006–2012|accessdate=9 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71476573|title=Death of a Lady Doctor.|date=1903-01-07|work=Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 – 1907)|access-date=2017-06-04|pages=38}}</ref>
Stone went on to London where she worked in the [[New Hospital for Women]] and qualified as a licentiate of the [[Worshipful Society of Apothecaries]] in 1889. It was her time at the New Hospital which was her inspiration to one day found a hospital that was run 'by women, for women'.<ref name=ADB>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Russell|first=Penny|title=Emma Constance Stone (1856–1902)|id2=stone-emma-constance-8676|year=1990|volume=12|access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71476573|title=Death of a Lady Doctor.|date=1903-01-07|work=Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 – 1907)|access-date=2017-06-04|pages=38}}</ref>
[[File:Dr Constance Stone, 1890.png|left|thumb|Dr_Constance_Stone,_1890]]
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In 1890, after she returned to Australia, she became the first woman to be registered with the Medical Board of Victoria.<ref>Women Tasmania. [http://www.women.tas.gov.au/significantwomen/search/constance_stone.html Dr (Emma) Constance Stone (1856–1902)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917083555/http://www.women.tas.gov.au/significantwomen/search/constance_stone.html |date=17 September 2006 }}</ref> Her sister, [[Clara Stone|Grace 'Clara' Stone]] followed her into medicine. Clara had been allowed to study in Australia and was one of two women who graduated from the [[University of Melbourne]] in 1891. The sisters went into private practice together and both worked at the out-patients' dispensary in La Trobe Street.<ref name=ADB/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23100166|title=A permanent memorial to the woman who showed that doctoring was not a male preserve.|date=1951-12-28|work=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957)|access-date=2017-06-04|pages=4}}</ref>


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In 1895, the first meeting of the [[Victorian Medical Women's Society]] convened in Constance's house, with Clara taking up the presidency. In September 1896 eleven of Melbourne's women, doctors decided to found the [[Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne|Queen Victoria Hospital]] for women. Construction of the hospital was funded by a jubilee shilling fund appeal, it officially opened in July 1899.
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In 1890, after she returned to Australia, she became the first woman to be registered with the Medical Board of Victoria.<ref>Women Tasmania. [http://www.women.tas.gov.au/significantwomen/search/constance_stone.html Dr (Emma) Constance Stone (1856–1902)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917083555/http://www.women.tas.gov.au/significantwomen/search/constance_stone.html |date=17 September 2006 }}</ref> Her sister, [[Clara Stone|Grace 'Clara' Stone]] followed her into medicine. Clara had been allowed to study in Australia and was one of two women who graduated from the [[University of Melbourne]] in 1891. The sisters went into private practice together and both worked at the out-patients' dispensary in La Trobe Street.<ref>Penny Russell, [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120115b.htm Stone, Emma Constance (1856–1902)], ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 12, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pgs. 98–100</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23100166|title=A permanent memorial to the woman who showed that doctoring was not a male preserve.|date=1951-12-28|work=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957)|access-date=2017-06-04|pages=4}}</ref>

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In 1895, the first meeting of the [[Victorian Medical Women's Society]] convened in Constance's house, with Clara taking up the presidency. In September 1896 eleven of Melbourne's women, doctors decided to found the Queen Victoria Hospital for women. Construction of the hospital was funded by a jubilee shilling fund appeal, it officially opened in July 1899.


==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Stone married Reverend David Egryn Jones in 1893.<ref name=":0" /> She gave birth to her daughter, Constance Bronwen, in 1899.<ref name=":0" />
Stone married Reverend David Egryn Jones in 1893.<ref name=":0" /> She gave birth to her daughter, Constance Bronwen, in 1899.<ref name=":0" />


In 1902, Stone fell ill with tuberculosis and died on 29 December, aged 45.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161795060|title=CONCERNING PEOPLE.|date=1903-02-07|work=Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 – 1904)|access-date=2017-06-04|pages=31}}</ref> Her husband Rev David Egryn Jones MD, and daughter Bronwen, who also became a doctor in London, survived her.
In 1902, Stone fell ill with tuberculosis and died on 29 December, aged 45.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161795060|title=Concerning People.|date=1903-02-07|work=Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 – 1904)|access-date=2017-06-04|pages=31}}</ref> Her husband Rev David Egryn Jones MD, and daughter Bronwen, who also became a doctor in London, survived her.


A lane in the Queen Victoria Village in Melbourne (known as QV), is named after Stone.[http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0971b.htm]
A lane in the Queen Victoria Village in Melbourne (known as QV), is named after Stone.[http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0971b.htm]
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Constance Stone
Born(1856-12-04)4 December 1856
Hobart, Tasmania
Died29 December 1902(1902-12-29) (aged 46)
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Trinity College
OccupationPhysician

Emma Constance Stone (4 December 1856 – 29 December 1902) was the first woman to practice medicine in Australia. She played an important role in founding both the Queen Victoria Hospital, and the Victorian Medical Women's Society in Melbourne.

Early life and education

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Stone was born on 4 December 1856 in Hobart, Tasmania to William and Betsy Stone. The family moved to Melbourne in 1872.[1] In 1882, Stone met Reverend David Egryn Jones, who had emigrated from England. Moved by the poverty his parish, Jones decided to study medicine, and Constance followed suit.[2] She was forced to leave Australia to study medicine since the University of Melbourne would not admit women into the medicine course.[3] She graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, and was awarded her MD from the University of Trinity College, Toronto in 1888.[4] Jones followed her to Canada to earn his MD.[2]

Career

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Stone went on to London where she worked in the New Hospital for Women and qualified as a licentiate of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in 1889. It was her time at the New Hospital which was her inspiration to one day found a hospital that was run 'by women, for women'.[1][5]

Dr_Constance_Stone,_1890

In 1890, after she returned to Australia, she became the first woman to be registered with the Medical Board of Victoria.[6] Her sister, Grace 'Clara' Stone followed her into medicine. Clara had been allowed to study in Australia and was one of two women who graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1891. The sisters went into private practice together and both worked at the out-patients' dispensary in La Trobe Street.[1][7]

In 1895, the first meeting of the Victorian Medical Women's Society convened in Constance's house, with Clara taking up the presidency. In September 1896 eleven of Melbourne's women, doctors decided to found the Queen Victoria Hospital for women. Construction of the hospital was funded by a jubilee shilling fund appeal, it officially opened in July 1899.

Death and legacy

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Stone married Reverend David Egryn Jones in 1893.[2] She gave birth to her daughter, Constance Bronwen, in 1899.[2]

In 1902, Stone fell ill with tuberculosis and died on 29 December, aged 45.[8] Her husband Rev David Egryn Jones MD, and daughter Bronwen, who also became a doctor in London, survived her.

A lane in the Queen Victoria Village in Melbourne (known as QV), is named after Stone.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Russell, Penny (1990). "Emma Constance Stone (1856–1902)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Macdonald, Wendy. "The Life of Constance Stone – Australia's First Woman Doctor" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Miss Emma Constance Stone, L.S.A., London, M.D. And CH.M., Trinity College, Toronto". Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946). 16 March 1895. p. 23. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Newsy Notes". Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 – 1939). 10 January 1903. p. 94. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Death of a Lady Doctor". Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 – 1907). 7 January 1903. p. 38. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ^ Women Tasmania. Dr (Emma) Constance Stone (1856–1902) Archived 17 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "A permanent memorial to the woman who showed that doctoring was not a male preserve". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957). 28 December 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Concerning People". Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 – 1904). 7 February 1903. p. 31. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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