12 Facts About Lucy Gullett

Lucy Edith Gullett was an Australian medical practitioner and philanthropist.

Lucy Gullett was a founder of the Rachel Forster Hospital in Sydney.

Lucy Edith Gullett was born in Hawthorn in Melbourne to journalist Henry Gullett and Lucy, nee Willie.

Lucy Gullett was educated at Sydney Girls' High School and the University of Sydney, taking her degree in 1902.

Lucy Gullett was a GP at Bathurst from 1906 to 1911, when she returned to Wahroonga to live with her sister Minnie.

Lucy Gullett was a medical officer in Sydney during the influenza epidemic in 1919.

In 1921, Lucy Gullett founded the New South Wales Association of Registered Medical Women, serving as secretary.

Lucy Gullett resigned as secretary in 1926 but remained involved in the movement, serving as vice-president from 1932 to 1949.

Lucy Gullett had invited her friend Irene Victoria Read to join the hospital's committee and she was President from 1930 to 1950.

In 1932 she ran unsuccessfully as an independent women's candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, contesting the seat of North Sydney Lucy Gullett was elected to the United Associations of Women executive committee in 1935 and served as vice-president from 1936 to 1938 and in 1943.

In 1943, her sister Minnie died and Lucy Gullett lived with the cellist June Holland.

Lucy Gullett's will included a bequest of 2,000 books to the Newcastle Public Library, including many reference books.