Roberta Jull

Roberta Henrietta Margaritta Jull (née Stewart, 16 August 1872 in Glasgow, Scotland – 6 March 1961 in Subiaco, Western Australia) was a medical doctor who, spurred by poor living conditions and high infant mortality, worked towards social reform.

She graduated MB CM (Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery)[1] in 1896, having spent an extra year studying eye diseases, then joined her brothers' medical practice at Guildford, Western Australia.

In 1897, having become a member of the influential Karrakatta Club, she became the first woman to establish a practice in Perth, Western Australia, taking a leading part in improving the standard of women's and infant health services in the state and becoming a respected force and agitator for social reform.

The group of well-connected and wealthy ladies actively petitioned the government for women's and social reform issues, establishing several reformist organisations.

[2] In 2023 The West Australian newspaper identified the 100 people who had shaped the state of Western Australia and they included the botanist Georgiana Molloy, settler Emma Withnell, suffragist Bessie Rischbieth, politician Edith Cowan, school founder Amy Jane Best and Jull.