Education
In 1954 she became the first woman to gain a Doctor of Philosophy degree from a New Zealand university.
In 1954 she became the first woman to gain a Doctor of Philosophy degree from a New Zealand university.
Her doctoral thesis at the University of Otago was entitled "Yeasts of the human body, their nature and relationship". She had previously graduated with a Master of Science (Honours) from the same institution in 1948. In 2011, the reading room at Abbey College at the University of Otago was named in her honour.
She died in Hamilton in 2014.