Ethel Florence Annie Godfrey (1871 Melbourne, Australia – 1956) was one of the first female dentists in Victoria, Australia.[1][2]
Ethel Florence Annie Godfrey | |
|---|---|
 Ethel Godfrey in 1899 | |
| Born | 1871 |
| Died | 1956 |
| Alma mater | Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne Mr E Lenthal Oldfield’s Dental College and Oral Hospital |
| Occupation | Dentist |
| Known for | One of Victoria’s first female dentists |
Career edit
Godfrey is a graduate of Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne,[3] where she is remembered as a notable graduate.[4] She was one of four female students at Mr. E. Lenthal Oldfield's Dental College and Oral Hospital where she was a student between 1895 and 1898.[5] She passed the Dental Board exam in November 1898 and registered as a dentist on 8 February 1899.[6][7][8]
Godfrey practiced dentistry at 34 Collins Street in Melbourne alongside her business partner and future sister-in-law Alys Berry. When she married Dr. Samuel Arthur Ewing in 1903, she stopped her dentistry practice and had three children.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Healy, Jacqueline (2020). Dentistry: Innovation and Education (PDF). Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum University of Melbourne. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-7340-5579-8. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Melbourne, National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of. "Godfrey, Ethel - Woman - The Australian Women's Register". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "The University of Melbourne". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 13, 275. Victoria, Australia. 8 January 1889. p. 8. Retrieved 4 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ admin (9 September 2016). "PLC's History". Presbyterian Ladies College. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Personal". Table Talk. No. 517. Victoria, Australia. 24 May 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 4 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advance of the Sex". Melbourne Punch. Victoria, Australia. 9 February 1899. p. 19. Retrieved 4 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Social Notes". The Australasian. Vol. LXVI, no. 1715. Victoria, Australia. 11 February 1899. p. 45. Retrieved 4 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "'The Dentists Register for 1916' in Victoria Government Gazette" (PDF). 1916.
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