Elinor Wray
Elinor Caroline Wray | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 October 1899 |
| Died | 4 February 1992 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | established the first speech therapy facility in Australia |
Elinor Caroline Wray OBE (30 October 1899 – 4 February 1992) was an Australian speech therapist.
Life
Wray was born in Chatswood in 1899. Her father did not approve of daughters with minds of their own, but that is who she was.[1] She went to school in Beecroft and she established an interest in amateir dramatics and in elocution.[2]
She saved up enough money to go and study speech therapy in England.[1]
When she reurned she could not establish herselfd as a speech therapist and she became a nurse. She met Robert Wade who was an australian orthopaedic surgeon and he supported her ambition. The first speech therpay clinic opened in 1931 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital with Wray in charge.[1]
On 13 June 1981 she became a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition of her contribution to speech therapy.[3]
Wray died in St Leonards in 1992.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Maloney, Diana, "Elinor Caroline Wray (1899–1992)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-06-01
- ^ a b "Elinor Caroline Wray (1899-1992)". Hornsby Shire. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ honours.pmc.gov.au https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1086396. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
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