Isabella Gertrude Amy Webb was a pioneering Irish paediatrician and founder of the Children's Sunshine Home for Convalescents a convalescence home for children with life limiting diseases.
10 Facts About Ella Webb
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Ella Webb was the first woman to attain the highest marks in the final medical examinations of the Royal University of Ireland, and graduating as an MD in 1906.
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Ella Webb worked in Trinity College until her marriage to George Ella Webb, a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, in 1907.
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Ella Webb was lady district superintendent in the Alexandra College St John Ambulance Brigade in Ireland from 1914, and was on duty during the Easter Rising.
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In 1918, Ella Webb was appointed anaesthetist in Adelaide Hospital in Dublin, making her the first female member of staff.
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Ella Webb became focused on the treatment of childhood ailments, particularly those relating to poor diet and hygiene, reporting on the high mortality rate in children under one in Dublin.
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Ella Webb is recognised as originating the first formal role for medical social workers in Ireland, then known as almoners.
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Ella Webb was a physician in Saint Ultan's Children's Hospital, founded by Kathleen Lynn and Madeleine ffrench-Mullen from 1929 to 1946.
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Ella Webb was elected fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, and was awarded MA.
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Ella Webb was the subject of a portrait by Sean Keating at the Golden Jubilee of the Easter Rising Exhibition in 1966 at the National Gallery of Ireland.