Clara Stewart Explained

Clara Stewart
Birth Date:23 November 1882
Birth Place:Walsall
Death Date:5 February 1973 (aged 90)
Occupation:Pathologist
Known For:President of the Medical Women's Federation
Spouse:Matthew John Stewart (m. 1913-1956; his death)
Profession:Physician, pathologist

Clara Stewart, OBE (23 November 1882 - 5 February 1973), was a British pathologist and president of the Medical Women's Federation.[1] [2] [3]

She was born in Walsall and educated at the Girls' High School, Lichfield. She studied medicine at the University of Birmingham and took the London M.B., B.S. in 1908. Her husband was fellow pathologist Matthew John Stewart, whom she married in 1913. He died in 1956. She moved to live in Ongar, Essex.[1]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Obituary notices: Clara Stewart . British Medical Journal . 24 February 1973 . 1 . 5851 . 493–495 . 10.1136/bmj.1.5851.493 . 4570260 . 1588451 .
  2. Book: Elbto . Mary Ann C. . Women doctors in the British health services: a sociological study of their careers and opportunities . 1986 . University of Leeds, department of sociology . 253 . PhD Thesis.
  3. Book: Palladino . Paolo . Plants, Patients, and the Historians: On (re)membering in the Age Genetic Engineering . 2002 . Rutgers University Press . 0-8135-3238-8 . 98–123 . https://books.google.com/books?id=RQZyrC7rKYUC&pg=PA98 . en . 4. Genetic practices and the end of the subject.