Women's Role In Medicine Flashcards
What was women’s role in the Middle Ages?
They could perform treatments from home
Local soothsayers & healers
could not become doctors
What was women’s role in ancient times?
They were allowed to be doctors
What law did Henry V pass?
Preventing women from practising medicine
What were women involved in medicine in the Middle Ages accused of?
Witchcraft
In the 1700s, what was compulsory to become a doctor?
Could women achieve this?
Had to have passed an exam at uni
Women were not allowed to go to uni
When was the ‘general medical register’ produced?
1858
What was the general medical register?
A list of all qualified medics
Were women allowed to be midwives?
They retained their role of midwives until the 1700’s
After that it became fashionable to have a male doctor as they could use more complex equipment
Who was Elizabeth Blackwell?
An American doctor, who at the time was the only woman on the general medical register
How did Elizabeth Blackwell become a doctor when women couldn’t go to uni?
She trained and went to uni in America (1849) and then moved to England
What was the long term effect of Elizabeth Blackwell?
She was an ambassador for female medics
Inspired many women to become doctors
