Grace Clara Stone

Grace 'Clara' Stone (12 January 1860 – 10 May 1957) was a medical doctor from Melbourne, Australia, who was one of the founders of the Queen Victoria Hospital and a co-founder, and the first president, of the Victorian Medical Women's Society. She was also in the group of seven women who successfully fought the ban against women studying medicine at Melbourne University in 1887, and one of the first two women to graduate as a doctor, in 1891.

Career

Studying Medicine In 1887, the University of Melbourne allowed women to study in all faculties other than medicine. Earlier, in 1883, Stone's sister Constance had her admission to the faculty of medicine refused, she travelled overseas to obtain her medical degree Together they actively agitated through their connections on the university council, and through the media to force the university to allow them to enrol in Medicine.

Awards Stone was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2007.