Women in conversation: a wartime social survey in melbourne, australia 1941-43

Reconsidering Women's Role in the Professionalisation of the Economy: Evidence from the Australian Census 1881–1947

“…Middle-class women were also at the forefront of nineteenth century charity movements. The growth of the hospital helped professionalise that work too, encouraging many social workers -soon to be university-trained -to work in tandem with medical professionals, and offering those who worked both in and outside of hospitals a new, professional status (Lawrence 1965;Brown 1986;Warne et al 2003;Swain 2010;Miller and Nicholls 2014).…”