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History Week 4 Follow lesson 2
Expectations of Women (early 1800's)
Responsible for daily care of the sick
Women did not receive the same sort of education as men
Wealthy families girls were educated at home (paint, sew and play music) so they could be a good companion to their husbands
Girls did not expect to go to university or any sort of higher education
Nightingale made it acceptable for women to train as nurses, but this fitted in with the traditional views of women caring for the sick.
People thought women could not cope with the unpleasant aspects of medical training.
Attitudes challenged
Some women were dissatisfied with society's expectations
Some joined suffragist societies and campaigned for vote, while others wanted better education and employment opportunities.
Various individuals challenged stereotypes and the newspaper provided good publicity and they inspired other women.
Stages in becoming a doctor
1)
Complete a university medical degree (with some hospital experience)
2) Pass examinations
3)
Be accepted by one of the three medical societies:
The royal college of surgeons
,
the royal college of physicians
or
the society of Apothecaries.
4)
Be registered with the General Medical Council (following Medical Act of 1858)
Elizabeth Blackwell
First English woman whose family moved to USA and the first woman to qualify as a doctor.
In England, she gave lectures, in the 1859 lecture she met and inspired Elizabeth Anderson (nee Garrett)
Garrett came from a wealthy family and was horrified at the idea of her training as a doctor.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
She became a nurse at Middlesex Hospital
She was barred from lectures for male doctors
Medical schools refused to accept a woman student
She paid for private lessons because she was not allowed to access the dissecting room.
She could not be licensed as none of the tree societies that carried out licensing would accept her.
College of surgeons and the college of physicians had rules to say that a woman could not become a member, but the society of Apothecaries DID NOT
Garrett's father threatened to sue the society if they did not accept her. They accepted her and became licensed in 1865.
The society immediately changed its rules so that no other woman could qualify
Garrett's achievements
In 1866 she opened St Mary's Dispensary in London (medical treatment for women)
She gained a medical degree in Paris in 1970
The British Medical Register refused to recognise her qualifications.
In 1872, The dispensary became the New Hospital For Women
She set up the London school of Medicine for Women with Sophia Jex Blake in 1874 to offer courses to women.
In 1873, Dr Garrett became a member of the British Medical Association, the only woman for the next 19 years.
In 1908, she became the first female mayor in England