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Edith and Florence Stoney, Sisters in Radiology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Edith and Florence Stoney, Sisters in Radiology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Series: Springer Biographies
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This book explores the lives and achievements of two Irish sisters,
Edith and Florence Stoney, who pioneered the use of new
electromedical technologies, especially X-rays but also ultraviolet
radiation and diathermy. In addition, the narrative follows several
intertwined themes as experienced by the sisters during their
lifetimes. Their upbringing, influenced by their liberal-minded
scientist father, set the tone for both their lives. Irish
independence fractured their family heritage. Their professional
experiences, fulfilling for Florence as a qualified doctor but
often frustrating for Edith as a Cambridge-educated scientist,
mirrored those of other aspiring women during this period, when the
suffragist movement expanded and women's lobby groups were formed.
World War I created an environment in which their unusual
specialist knowledge was widely needed, and the sisters' war
experiences are carefully examined in the book. But ultimately this
is the extraordinary story of two independent but closely bonded
sisters and their abiding love and support for one another.
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