Women as Army Surgeons - Being the History of the Women's Hospital Corps in Paris, Wimereux and Endell Street, September 1914-October 1919 (Paperback)

After training to be a doctor at the London School of Medicine for Women, Flora Murray (1869 1923) became an active member of the Women's Social and Political Union. At the outbreak of the First World War, she and her fellow suffragists laid down their banners and sought to aid the Allied war effort. Working within the newly formed Women's Hospital Corps, Murray and her colleague Louisa Garrett Anderson (1873 1943) overcame initial prejudice and established two military hospitals in France in the period 1914 15. Their success prompted an invitation from the War Office to open the Endell Street Military Hospital in London, staffed entirely by women. First published in 1920, Murray's account, illustrated with numerous photographs, records important steps in furthering the acceptance of women in the medical profession. For female doctors, surgeons and nurses, the war provided not only the 'occasion for service' but also 'great professional opportunities'."

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	February 2014
Authors:	Flora Murray
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	308
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-06985-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
LSN:	1-108-06985-1
Barcode:	9781108069854

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