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Rhodanthe Lipsett
Australian writer and midwife (1922–2019)
Dr Rhodanthe Grace Lipsett OAM (21 January 1922 – 17 January 2019) was an Australian midwife and author. Throughout her professional life she specialised in infant and maternal health.[1]
Lipsett's childhood was spent at Cadell, South Australia and she was educated at Presbyterian Girls College. She trained as a nurse at the Adelaide Children's Hospital, with postgraduate study at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.[2] In 1947 she began as a midwife at Broken Hill District Hospital, and later moved to Tresillian, Sydney to obtain the Infant Welfare Certificate. After spending two years in England, from 1951 Lipsett worked in Canberra at Canberra Hospital and in Maternal and Baby Health Centres. In 1971, she joined the Queen Elizabeth II Family Centre.[2]