- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4440
Hope, Laura Margaret
- Maiden name Fowler, Laura Margaret
- Born 3 May 1868, Mitcham, South Australia, Australia
- Died 14 September 1952, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Occupation Medical practitioner, Missionary
Summary
Laura Hope was the first woman to graduate in medicine at the University of Adelaide in 1891. She and her husband, Dr Charles Henry Standish Hope, whom she married in 1893, spent most of their medical careers, as self-supporting missionaries in Bengal. They worked at the Australian Baptist Mission at Pubna and at the New Zealand Baptist Mission Hospital, Chandpur, India. They also spent time at the Bengal Baptist Mission at Kalimpong. They retired to Adelaide in 1934.
Published resources
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Resource Section
- Hope, Laura Margaret (1868-1952), Jones, Helen, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140557b.htm
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Resource
- Trove: Hope, Laura Margaret (18680503-19520914), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468629