Are you a woman who graduated from the University of Otago Medical School before 1968? Or is there a woman in your family who was an early medical graduate?
Do you have a story, photos, or information to share about an early medical woman?
Please contact us!
Email: earlymedwomen@auckland.ac.nz
Editors | Professor Cindy Farquhar
is the postgraduate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Auckland.
Cindy’s mother was a medical graduate in 1951.
![](https://earlymedwomen.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/files/2020/05/cindy_profile-150x150.png) | Michaela Selway
has completed her Master of Arts in History. She is the co-founder and editor of Tahuhu Korero, a public history initiative at the University of Auckland.
![](https://earlymedwomen.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/files/2020/12/Photo-of-Michaela-3-150x150.jpg) | Dr Nora Lynch
is a retired rheumatologist. She has a Grad. Dip. Arts (History) from the University of Auckland.
Nora’s grandmother was a medical graduate in 1917.
![](https://earlymedwomen.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/files/2020/05/nora_profile-150x150.png) |
Contributors | Rennae Taylor
Rennae Taylor completed her Masters of Health Sciences in 1999 and has been employed since 1993 by the Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology as a research project manager.
![](https://earlymedwomen.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/files/2021/07/Rennae-2020-150x150.jpg) | | |
Alumni | Lucy Goodman (PhD)
is a researcher with an interest in science writing and communication.
![](https://earlymedwomen.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/files/2020/05/lucy_resized-01-150x150.jpg) | Claire Gooder (PhD)
is a social and cultural historian who specialises in health history. | Rachael Bergin
is a medical student at the University of Otago. |