Dr Madonna Grehan holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, having recently completed a history of midwives, nurses, and the health of women in Victoria from the 1840s to the present. Her interest in coronial investigations was sparked when examining primary sources at the Women’s Hospital which reflected a coroner’s jury’s recommendation relating to the practice of midwifery. Nineteenth-century provision of care to the sick and childbearing women continues to be one of her major research interests. Madonna is the Director of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery History Project, a web-based project designed to promote the study of nursing and midwifery history to students and the general public