Ann Flora Froude Flashman

Ann Flora Froude Flashman (Lady Rylah), (1911 - March 1969) was an Australian veterinarian. She was the first woman to enrol in the University of Sydney School of Veterinary Science and the first paid veterinarian at the Lort Smith Animal Hospital in North Melbourne which had previously been an honorary role held by Belle Bruce Reid.[1][2]

Veterinary career

Upon Flashman's graduation in 1935, where she was awarded the S.T.D. Symons Memorial Prize, she became the second woman to graduate from University of Sydney School of Veterinary Science, due to repeating a year, and the fourth woman in Australia to qualify as a veterinarian following Belle Bruce Reid, Margaret Gwendoline Keats and Patricia Littlejohn. After her relocation to Melbourne, Flashman became the third woman veterinarian in Victoria. From 1939 until her death in 1969, Flashman ran a private practice focused on treating cats, dogs and birds from her veterinary surgery and home which had been specially designed by the architectural firm of R.H. and M.H. King, and built by W. Davis, at 15 Victor Avenue, Kew.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Publications

Flashman was a contributor to the Australian Veterinary Journal throughout her career writing as A. F. Flashman.

She was also the author of a number of books, Where Eagles Nested (1956), The Australian Pet Book (1962) and The Australian Dog Book (1971) under the pseudonym of John Wotherspoon and wrote a column, Pet Talk, in The Herald until the 1960s.[9][10][11][12][13]

In 1963, she wrote Australian adventure: girl guiding under the Southern Cross under the name of Ann Rylah.[14]

Girl Guides

Flashman joined the Girl Guides in 1925. She was a lifelong member and supporter who held a number of roles, including Commissioner.[15][16][17]

Personal life

Flashman was born in Sydney and was the only daughter of Dr. James Froude Flashman and Irene Flora Flashman (née Dewar) and the sister of Dr. James Alan Froude Flashman.[18][19][20]

She married Arthur Rylah in Melbourne on 10 September 1937 and they had two children, Annabel and Michael.[21][22]

Following Flashman's death, her veterinary practice was continued by her daughter, Annabel, and her husband Lindsay Brownell for thirty years.[23]

References
  1. Giesecke, Dr Robin (July 2000). "Ann Flashman: The First Woman to Enrol in the Sydney Veterinary School" (PDF). Australian Veterinary History Record. 28. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. "WOMAN VET. FOR LOST DOGS' HOME". Sunday Mail (298). Queensland, Australia. 5 January 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Lady Rylah found dead". The Canberra Times. 43 (12, 261). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 March 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Context Pty Ltd. "Rylah Residence and Veterinary Hospital" (PDF). Boroondara City Council. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. "ENGAGED". The Daily Telegraph. I (311). New South Wales, Australia. 20 March 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Two Girl Vets. Of To-day-And Two Of Yesterday". The Sun-Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 24 January 1954. p. 28. Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "CLUB AND KENNEL GOSSIP". The Argus (Melbourne) (28, 405). Victoria, Australia. 4 September 1937. p. 35 (Week-End Magazine). Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Bella Bruce Reid Medal" (PDF). Boardtalk (25). April 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  9. "FACULTY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE". The Sydney Morning Herald (30, 567). New South Wales, Australia. 21 December 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Early Women Students: Ann Flora Froude Flashman (later Rylah)". The University of Sydney. The University of Sydney. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  11. Caple, Ivan (May 2006). "Centenary of first Australian female veterinarian". Australian Veterinary Journal. 84 (5): N18–N19. doi:10.1111/j.1751-0813.2006.tb12756.x.
  12. Giesecke, Dr Robin (July 2000). "Ann Flashman: The First Woman to Enrol in the Sydney Veterinary School" (PDF). Australian Veterinary History Record. 28. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  13. "Ann F. Rylah". Austlit. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  14. Rylah, Ann (1963), Australian adventure : girl guiding under the Southern Cross / by Ann Rylah, Lansdowne Press
  15. "Has Combined Four Careers". The Horsham Times (10, 707). Victoria, Australia. 21 August 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. "Busy Women Find Time For Guides". The Herald (22, 496). Victoria, Australia. 29 June 1949. p. 15. Retrieved 16 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. Matilda. 46 (10). May 1969. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne) (28, 260). Victoria, Australia. 18 March 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. "Advertising". The Daily Telegraph. III (57). New South Wales, Australia. 27 May 1938. p. 15. Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. "Family Notices". The Daily Telegraph (7767). New South Wales, Australia. 27 April 1904. p. 1. Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. "Married in Melbourne". The Daily Telegraph. II (152). New South Wales, Australia. 15 September 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. "VETERINARY SCIENCE IS THEIR CAREER". Weekly Times (4172). Victoria, Australia. 8 June 1949. p. 35. Retrieved 15 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. Giesecke, Dr Robin (July 2000). "Ann Flashman: The First Woman to Enrol in the Sydney Veterinary School" (PDF). Australian Veterinary History Record. 28. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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