Eminent Alumnae

In 2021 аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ celebrated 135 years of exceptional girls’ education. During this year we commenced this Eminent Alumnae project to bring the stories of our inspiring Old Girls out of the archives and into the world for the entire аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ community to celebrate. These Old Girls showed audacity and tenacity as they fought for recognition in their professions. Beyond their professions they also passionately promoted equality for women in the workplace. The victories they earned for women who came after them prove them to be true ‘daughters of the light’.

This is an open ended project. If there are Old Girl successes that we are not aware of, or if there are edits to be made to current stories, we wholeheartedly seek your input. Please contact our Archivist, Barbara Hoffman, at bhoffman@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au with anything you would like to add.

We have arranged these stories by Old Girl cohort year, starting with the most recent and going back all the way to the first few years of the School’s life. You are able to search by profession by using the ‘View by Profession’ list on the right.

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Dr Susan Beal AM (Ross, 1952)

Dr Susan Beal AM (Ross, 1952) was a pioneer in the epidemiological investigations into the circumstances surrounding Sud ...

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Evangelyn Carr (1951)

Evangelyn Carr (1951) was the Matron of the Tresillian Family Care Centres for over 20 years. During that time she was p ...

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Dr Ruth Heighway (1924)

Dr Ruth Heighway (1924) MBBS, MD was an eminent gynaecologist who was the first woman in Australian to receive an MD (Do ...

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Dr Ida Birchall (1924) MBE

Dr Ida Birchall (1924) (BSc, MBBS, FRCS, FRCOG) worked tirelessly for women with gynaecological problems and with mother ...

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Dr Phyllis Anderson (1919)

MB, ChM Syd (1925), MRACP (1938), FRACP (1947). A pre-eminent and highly regarded pathologist, Phyllis carried out r ...