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Role of Women - Coggle Diagram
Role of Women
Florence Nightingale
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Florence Nightingale studied in many hospitals after a trip she took to Europe She then started trading to become a nurse how to became one of the most skilled in November 1854 she went to Scutari Hospital with 38 Nurses. Once she was there she had to battle with military officials and started a campaign to reform all of the military hospitals she was appalled by how Paul the conditions in the hospitals were and did everything she could to fix the this resulted in less people dying in these hospitals and more people be able to go home to their fabulous
After she returned to England the attitude to women in medicine changed. She also wrote papers with recommendations on space ventilation and cleanliness in military hospitals As she believed to buy miasma theory. She also wrote notes on nursing which would advise nurses on how to care for patients effectively. her work also made training t be a nurse easier in Britain.
Elizabeth Garrett
Elizabeth Garrett was the first woman in Britain to qualify as a doctor is she faced many challenges along the way as many attempts were made to stop her from studying at medical schools as attitudes were very heavily against women becoming doctors. She went to classes intended for male students I was often banned after complaints. However she was unable to get a medical degree in Britain so she had to go to the University of Paris to earn her degree However the British medical register refused to recognise her qualification
As a result of this she founded a new hospital for women in London and became the first hospital staffed entirely by women in Britain
As a result of Elizabeth Garrett's work it's paved the way for other women to pursue a career in medicine and in 1876 and active parliament was passed permitting women to enter medical professions however after Judith was slow to change as they had to pay additional fees to be tall separately for male students and some universities such as Edinburgh false female students to leave
Impact of War
WW2
World War II caused a big change in attitudes to women and medicine. Previous organisations from World War I such as QAIMNS and FANY Kate Bach to help in the war and some of them were even given ranks. Many of them were also used for support roles such as encryption specialists and radio offices.
Women could also train to become doctors again now there were less demand for them on the home front as less doctors went to fight in World War II than in World War 1. Therefore many worked within the emergency medical service. However women were now allowed to work near the front line add the Royal RV medical corps saw woman says as doctors for the first time and gave them all officer status. However this was a very rare occurrence and it was still very unusual for women to even be doctors
WW1
The royal army medical corps was the section of the army that dealt with injured soldiers They worked mainly with the Queen's Alexandra's Imperial military nursing service it was founded in 1902 during the Boa War. Other that organisations also formed such as the first age nursing you yeomanry Which specialised in first aid
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Women medical staff increased in Britain due to a high demand for them after all the male ones went to war.
However this change was temporary and many women were encouraged to return to a domestic role after the war there was also still little opportunity for women to work in big hospitals add most women remained GPs and did not specialise. They were also paid less than male doctors
In 1850
Women could not be doctors, schools for girls barely existed, not allowed to attend universities or medical schools.