Edith Helen Barrett

Edith Helen Barrett (29 October 1872 – 1 February 1939) was an Australian medical doctor and a founder of the Bush Nursing Association of Victoria.

Early life and education Barrett was born on 29 October 1872 in Emerald Hill, Victoria and was one of eight children to parents James and Catherine Barrett. She attended South Melbourne College and in 1897 began to study medicine at the University of Melbourne, graduating M.B. in 1901 and M.D. in 1907. Barrett was also one of the founders of the National Council of Women of Australia in Victoria.

Death She died on 1 February 1939, aged 66, in a nursing home in Malvern, Victoria. She died from a heart condition, but a "mental collapse" had "darkened the last years of her life". Her obituary in The Daily Advertiser described her as "one of the outstanding medical women of Victoria until illness compelled her to retire from active practice some years ago."