Annie O'Hara

Annie Genevieve O'Hara MB (1869 - 26 April 1897) was a doctor from Melbourne, Victoria who was a founding member of the Victorian Medical Women's Society, and in 1887 she was one of the first seven women who enrolled in medicine at the University of Melbourne. She graduated in 1894 and commenced practice, however, in 1897 she contracted a cold and died at 27 years of age.

Early life Annie O'Hara was born to Mary Ann (Connolly) O'Hara (1846-1895) and Patrick Kelly O'Hara (1840-1921). Her brother John O'Hara was, like their father, a school master and a poet. O'Hara's sister Elizabeth O'Hara was a medical doctor, having enrolled into the Melbourne University medical faculty at the same time as O'Hara. All of the students graduated as doctors, with O'Hara gaining her degree in 1894.

Career On 22 March 1895, O'Hara joined Constance Stone, Emily Stone, Grace Stone, Lilian Alexander, Margaret Whyte, Grace Vale, Helen Sexton, and her sister Elizabeth O'Hara for a meeting which was the foundation of the Victorian Medical Women's Society. She was buried in St Kilda Cemetery.