dame mary née march october australian medical community worker graduate studied medicine excelled sports mary qualified general resident surgeon work mainly poor women lived conditions inadequate social time kept young women ignorant matters dealing sex pregnancy recognised pregnant women particular needed information happening provided information birth control time doctors large segment community opposed broke later wrote forbidden subjects matters discussion action addition medical work mary supported women sports patron charities world war helped form served looking needs soldiers families president association recognition medical charitable work commander order john dame commander order british empire services nursing victoria early life born melbourne suburb march eldest children sir mathematical physicist wife née attended excelled academically sport playing tennis hockey cricket competing swimming head girl entered medical student captain women tennis hockey teams obtaining sports met herring young australian captain british_army leave great war training worked district nurses visiting families melbourne affluent suburbs ambition doctor improved lives women children women social class normally work married marriage intended war wrote urging complete rhodes scholarship studies returning australia met future husband arrived melbourne november graduated dual surgery degree march achieving class honours subjects medicine fourth surgery won keith memorial scholarship medicine clinical medicine resident surgeon sir supportive career plans mary marriage knew parents studies completed mary formally engaged easter married april daughters later doctor like mother career established provided post care experience soon showed workload greatly reduced care provided mothers monitored asked mary willing establish clinic open day week new clinic opened far shopping centre chapel street mary district nurses spread word clinic clinic kind melbourne model similar clinic established mary south melbourne time started work clinic mother pregnant great interest women sought advice treatment clinic work mainly poor women lived conditions inadequate mary joined vice president banded establish offer advice birth control time doctors large segment community opposed clinic functioned day week discontinued advice offered obtained social time kept young women ignorant matters dealing sex pregnancy recognised pregnant women particular needed information happening broke later wrote forbidden subjects matters discussion action later life joined soon outbreak world war september mary banded number soldiers wives form served looking needs soldiers families president association created knight commander order british empire february premier victoria appointed chief justice years serve lieutenant governor victoria common additional function chief justice acting governor months february mary found government house state disrepair successfully lobbied funds refurbishment supervised work personally foundation member council mary served president played tennis golf eldest daughters began playing hockey school mary interest hockey strong believer principle women men administer women sports member later patron players visiting interstate stay home extended overseas visitors summer olympics held melbourne mary travelled london attend coronation queen elizabeth_ii viewed seat inside ceremony buckingham palace july new queen mary commander order john recognition charity work charity work extensive mary foundation member president formed chairman mary brown attended medical students deputy president victorian division australian council june created dame commander order british empire services nursing victoria named honour death death october aged following long illness mary planned funeral service requesting announcements buried final days moved nursing home victoria small private service held october planned state funeral died months january
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