Phyllis Cilento
Phyllis Cilento, Lady Cilento (13 March 1894 – 26 July 1987) was an Australian medical practitioner, prominent medical journalist, and pioneering advocate of family planning in Queensland.
Personal life
Phyllis Dorothy McGlew was born on 13 March 1894 at Rockdale, Sydney, the daughter of Charles Thomas McGlew and Alice Lane (née Walker). She grew up in Adelaide, South Australia. She married Raphael Cilento, a medical administrator, eugenics advocate, and tropical medicine specialist, in Adelaide in 1920. They worked in a number of countries before settling in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1928.
They had six children, including actress Diane Cilento, and remained married until Raphael's death in 1985. She died on 26 July 1987 in Brisbane and was buried in Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery.
Career
Medical practice
Phyllis Cilento studied medicine at the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1919. She was the only woman in her graduating class. She worked for a short time at the Adelaide Hospital, the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London and the Marylebone Medical Mission Dispensary.
Cilento
Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.
Geography
The coast (on Tyrrhenian Sea) is located between Paestum and the Gulf of Policastro, near the town of Sapri. More of touristic towns by the coast are "frazioni"; as for example Santa Maria di Castellabate, Acciaroli, Velia, Palinuro, Marina di Camerota, Scario and Policastro Bussentino.
The inner boundaries are the Alburni mountains and Vallo di Diano, sometimes considered as part of cilentan geographical region, which has in Sala Consilina its largest center. The most important towns in this area are Vallo della Lucania (in the middle), Sapri and Agropoli: this is the largest town of Cilento and the principal harbour. Most of this area is included in "Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park". The place is well known for the Mediterranean Diet. The old Cilento is between the town of Agropoli and the river Alento. Some cities in this zone are: Rutino, Lustra and Prignano Cilento. Cilento drifts by the Latin word Cis Alentum: "On this side of the Alento".
Cilento (disambiguation)
Cilento is an Italian geographical region. The adjective is Cilentan. For example:
Cilento may also refer to:
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