Elizabeth Garrett and the progress of women in medicine Flashcards
understand how the role of Garrett helped with the progress of women in medical field
why were Garrett s family against her becoming a nurse
because it was looked down on as a job cuz it was done by low income women
how did she learn about the human body
because no university wanted to accept her so she needed to disect corps in her room
why did male students not want to have females to attend their lecture
because they believed that females were to fragile to take part and that it would jeperdise their education
why was she unable to get licensed
because there was a rule against licensing women
why did she get accepted to the society of apothecaries
she got in cuz her dad threatened to sue them
what did the society of apothecaries do to stop women from getting accepted in the same way
the changed the rules so that no one could get in be threat
time line
1866
1870 paris
1872
1873
1908
1918
1866- opened st Marys dispensary
1870 paris- gained her degree
1872- added 10 bed ward and staff to the dispensary
1873- became a member of the British medical association
1908- became the first female mayor of England
1918- her dispensary was renamed after her
what were women seen as
the second gender
