| 词条 | Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy |
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| honorific_prefix = Dame | name = Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy | honorific_suffix = DBE | image = Constance Darcy 1933.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Constance D'Arcy | birth_name = Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy | birth_date = 1 June 1879 | birth_place = Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1950|04|25|1879|06|01}} | death_place = Sacred Heart Hospice for the Dying Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia | occupation = Obstetrician and gynaecologist | education = Bachelor of Medicine Master of Surgery | alma_mater = University of Sydney (BM, MS 1904)}}Dr Dame Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy {{post-nominals|country=AUS|DBE}} (1 June 1879 – 25 April 1950) was an Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist. She was the first woman to become Deputy Chancellor at the University of Sydney, serving from 1943 until 1946.[1] Early life and careerD'Arcy was born on 1 June 1879 at Rylstone, New South Wales, the fifth daughter to parents Bridget (Bridget, née Synnott) and Murty D'Arcy, a sergeant of police.[2] She attended Rylstone Public School and Riviera College, Woollahra.[1] D'Arcy completed a Bachelor of Medicine (BM) and Master of Surgery (CHM) at the University of Sydney in 1904[3] and went on to do her residency at the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital, because the teaching hospitals in Sydney did not accept women at the time.[1] She became an honorary surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Women in Paddington and opened her own practice in Macquarie Street in 1908.[1] University of SydneyD'Arcy was a fellow of the Senate at the University of Sydney for thirty years from 1919–49. In this time she became the first female Deputy Chancellor at the university and served in this role during 1943–1946. She also an executive member of the Sydney University Women's Union, the Catholic University Women Graduates' Association and the Sydney University Women Graduates' Association.[4] AchievementsAt the Senate at the University of Sydney, she supported the proposal to make St Vincent's Hospital a teaching hospital and served as honorary gynaecologist from 1923–45.[1] In 1935 she was made a Dame of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) and was invited to speak at the Australian Institute of Anatomy, Canberra. She spoke on maternal mortality, control of septicaemia and the rise in deaths from illegal operations but condemned any move to legalize abortion.[4] In 1940, she was awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice.[5][6] Personal life and deathFor many years D'Arcy's two unmarried sisters kept house for her. She died of cerebrovascular disease at Sacred Heart Hospice for the Dying, Darlinghurst, on 25 April 1950. After the requiem Mass at St Mary's Cathedral, she was buried in Waverley Cemetery. To commemorate her service at the Royal Hospital for Women, a ward was named after her.[1] To commemorate her service at the Royal Hospital for Women, a ward was named after her. D'Arcy was an avid collector of jewellery — on emergency calls, the first task of the sister on duty was to lock it away.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Radi|first=Heather|year=1981 |id2=darcy-dame-constance-elizabeth-5880|title=D'Arcy, Dame Constance Elizabeth (1879–1950)|accessdate=31 October 2014}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Arcy, Constance Elizabeth}}2. ^{{cite web|last1=Radi|first1=Heather|title=Constance D'Arcy 1879 - 1950 obstetrician|url=http://www.200australianwomen.com/names/102.html|archive-url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/78644/20071105-1315/www.200australianwomen.com/names/102.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=5 November 2007|website=200 Australian Women|accessdate=31 October 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|last1=McCarthy|first1=G.J.|title=D'Arcy, Constance Elizabeth (1879-1950)|url=http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001016b.htm|website=Encylopledia of Australian Science|accessdate=31 October 2014}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|last1=University of Sydney |title=Fellows of Senate — Dame Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy DBE |url=https://sydney.edu.au/senate/DC_DArcy.shtml |accessdate=31 October 2014 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225020054/http://sydney.edu.au/senate/DC_DArcy.shtml |archivedate=25 December 2013 |df=dmy }} 5. ^{{cite ODNB|first=Heather|last=Radi|title=D'Arcy, Dame Constance Elizabeth (1879–1950)|id=73291}} 6. ^Profile, nla.gov.au; accessed 14 June 2015. 11 : 1879 births|1950 deaths|Australian gynaecologists|Australian women medical doctors|Australian people of Irish descent|Australian Roman Catholics|Australian Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Disease-related deaths in New South Wales|Australian obstetricians|University of Sydney alumni|Medical doctors from Sydney |
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