Background
D'Arcy was born on 1 June 1879 at Rylstone, New South Wales, the fifth daughter to parents Bridget (Bridget, née Synnott) and Murty D'Arcy, a sergeant of police.
Obstetrician physician gynaecologist
D'Arcy was born on 1 June 1879 at Rylstone, New South Wales, the fifth daughter to parents Bridget (Bridget, née Synnott) and Murty D'Arcy, a sergeant of police.
She attended Rylstone Public School and Riviera College, Woollahra. D'Arcy completed a Bachelor of Medicine (BM) and Master of Surgery (CHM) at the in 1904 and went on to do her residency at the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital, because the teaching hospitals in Sydney did not accept women at the time.
She was the first woman to become Deputy Chancellor at the , serving from 1943 until 1946. She became an honorary surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Women in Paddington and opened her own practice in Macquarie Street in 1908. D'Arcy was a fellow of the Senate at the for thirty years from 1919–49.
In this time she became the first female Deputy Chancellor at the university and served in this role during 1943–1946. For many years D'Arcy's two unmarried sisters kept house for her. She died of cerebrovascular disease at Sacred Heart Hospice for the Dying, Darlinghurst, on 25 April 1950.
After the requiem Mass at St Mary's Cathedral, she was buried in Waverley Cemetery. To commemorate her service at the Royal Hospital for Women, a ward was named after her. To commemorate her service at the Royal Hospital for Women, a ward was named after her.
D'Arcy was an avid collector of jewellery — on emergency calls, the first task of the sister on duty was to lock it away.
She also an executive member of the Sydney University Women's Union, the Catholic University Women Graduates' Association and the Sydney University Women Graduates' Association.