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Tasmania - Organisation

Women's Sanitary Association (1891 - 1901)

From
1891
To
1901
Categories
Community Service Organisation
Alternative Names
  • WSA (Abbreviation)

The Women's Sanitary Association was formed in 1891 to assist the Sanitary and General Improvement Association. Members of the Association visited working-class streets and advised the women living there on hygiene and the methods of nursing infectious diseases. In 1901, the Women's Sanitary Association became the Women's Health Association.

Timeline

 1891 - 1901 Women's Sanitary Association
       1901 - 1920? Women's Health Association

Publications

Books

  • Petrow, Stefan, Sanatorium of the South? Public health and politics in Hobart and Launceston, 1875-1914, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Hobart, 1995, 218 pp. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Petrow, Stefan, Sanatorium of the South? Public health and politics in Hobart and Launceston, 1875-1914, Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Hobart, 1995, 218 pp.

Prepared by: Caroline Evans