Career
In 1886, when Elizabeth Neill was thirty years old, she and her four year- old boy went to live with Dr. Neill in Australia because he had set up a successful practice there. Two years later, Dr. Neill died, and Elizabeth Neill was forced to turn to journalism to make a living. She was a sub-editor of the Boomerang and a freelance journalist for the Brisbane Daily Telegraph and the Courier. A year later she was appointed by the Queensland Government to a Royal Commission on working conditions for shop and factory workers. Combined with her work as a journalist, her knowledge of the problems associated with giving charitable aid led to her appointment in 1893 as the first female factory inspector in New Zealand. She was then also given a job as assistant inspector in the department in charge of hospitals, asylums, and charitable aid. As only the third person working in that department, Elizabeth had a huge workload and a lot of stress. However, it provided the opportunity for her to greatly influence that area of health care practice. Once another doctor, Frank Hay, was able to take over that position, however, Elizabeth Neill excitedly devoted herself to a project that would provide suitable nursing service for all of New Zealand.
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