Freida Ruth Heighway

[1] She then attended the University of Sydney and graduated with a Master of Business (1930), Bachelor of Science (1930) and Doctor of Medicine (1939).

[2] She graduated MB BS with honours in 1930, and was the first woman at the University of Sydney to receive the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

[2] Later, she travelled to Manchester, England, to work as a medical resident and trained in obstetrics and gynaecology.

[2] In 1932 Heighway moved to England and continued work as a Resident Medical Officer at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester.

[6] In 1945, Heighway moved with her husband, Andrew Arthur Abbie, and three daughters to Adelaide, where she found that the obstetrics field was dominated by men and she set up a solo specialist practice which grew rapidly.