Women Flashcards
What did Florence Nightingale do in Scutari from 1853 to 1856?
Cleaned the hospital, improved food, and brought supplies with money from The Times.
What was Nightingale known for during her time in Scutari?
Checked on patients, known as the ‘Lady of the Lamp.’
What year did Nightingale publish ‘Notes on Nursing’?
1859
What did Nightingale recommend for hospitals?
Hospitals should be clean, with fresh air and space.
When was the Nightingale school for training nurses established?
1860
What significant change did Nightingale bring to nursing?
She turned nursing into a profession.
Who qualified as a doctor in 1865?
Elizabeth Garrett
How did Elizabeth Garrett qualify as a doctor?
Through the Society of Apothecaries, who later forbade women members.
What hospital did Elizabeth Garrett open?
The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital.
What did the 1876 Medicine Act allow?
It allowed women to become doctors.
What was the attitude towards female doctors during WWII?
Female doctors were still unwelcome.
What notable award did Marie Curie win in 1903?
Nobel Peace Prize for her work on radiation
What did Marie Curie’s research contribute to?
Work on x-rays.
What treatment did Marie Curie develop in 1910?
Radiotherapy to treat cancer.
Benefit of war for women in medicine
Women’s role as nurses was important BUT relatively little improvement for women as doctors
What were 3 nursing organisations during war?
FANY, VAD and QAIMNS
QAIMNS were…
trained nurses
QAIMNS numbers
10,000 at end of war
VADs were…
untrained volunteers
Register for nurses only started…
1919 (shows not properly valued)
