Joan Morice

Joan Alison Morice (5 October 1904 – 24 November 1944) was the first woman to qualify and practice as a veterinary surgeon in South Africa.

[5] Morice immediately started a private veterinary practice which lasted until 1935.

[6] In 1927 Morice received her Bachelor of Veterinary Science[6] and worked at Onderstepoort and the Allerton Laboratory (in what was formerly Natal, now KwaZulu-Natal) as a temporary veterinary officer until December 1928, after which she started her own private practice in Johannesburg.

[3][7][4] In 1930 she married Maurice Connell Robinson, who had also qualified as a vet in 1928, and they ran the practice together.

[8] Morice also did charitable work for the predecessor of the NSPCA and the Bantu Animal Welfare Association while her husband joined the municipal service of Johannesburg.