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Pioneers of the London School of Medicine for Women (1874-1947) : their contributions and interwoven lives / Marelene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham.
Springer eBooks EBA - Springer Chemistry and Material Science Collection 2022 Available online
Springer eBooks EBA - Springer Chemistry and Material Science Collection 2022- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rayner-Canham, Marelene, author.
- Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey, author.
- Series:
- Perspectives on the History of Chemistry
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- London School of Medicine for Women.
- Women physicians.
- Women chemists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (133 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]
- Summary:
- This book presents the pioneering role of the women chemists at the London School of Medicine for Women (LSMW).The account is placed within the framework of the long-forgotten background to the founding of this unique Institution, and the individuals whose lives came together to make it happen: Sophia Jex-Blake; Elizabeth Garrett Anderson; Edith.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Preface
- References
- About This Book
- Chapter 1: Women as Apothecaries
- Chapter 2: Women as Pharmacists
- Chapter 3: Sophia Jex-Blake and Elizabeth Garrett (Anderson)
- Chapter 4: The Crucial Role of the 'Edinburgh Seven'
- Chapter 5: Edith Pechey
- Chapter 6: Others of the 'Edinburgh Seven'
- Chapter 7: Women as Lady Doctors
- Chapter 8: The Founding and Early Years of the LSMW
- Chapter 9: Pioneer Women of the LSMW
- Chapter 10: Chemistry at the LSMW
- Chapter 11: Lucy Everest Boole
- Chapter 12: Clare de Brereton Evans
- Chapter 13: Sibyl Taite Widdows
- Chapter 14: Phyllis Sanderson and Anne Ratcliffe
- Chapter 15: Other Chemistry Staff
- Chapter 16: The End of the LSMW
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Abbreviations
- 1 Women as Apothecaries
- Society of Apothecaries
- Apothecaries' Assistants
- Commentary
- 2 Women as Pharmacists
- Careers in Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Examinations
- The School of Pharmacy
- Women's Admission to the Pharmaceutical Society
- 3 Sophia Jex-Blake and Elizabeth Garrett (Anderson)
- Sophia Jex-Blake
- Elizabeth Garrett
- 4 The Crucial Role of the 'Edinburgh Seven'
- Edinburgh Ladies Educational Association
- The Beginning
- Admission to the University of Edinburgh
- Professor Crum Brown
- The Surgeon's Hall Riot
- The Final Insult
- A Plea to the University of St. Andrews
- A Plea to the House of Commons
- 5 Edith Pechey
- Early Life
- The Hope Scholarship
- The Pechey Outcry
- Pechey Obtains Formal Qualifications
- Return to England
- 6 Others of the 'Edinburgh Seven'
- Changes in the Edinburgh Seven
- Marriage
- Isabel Pryer (Mrs. Thorne)
- Matilda Chaplin (Mrs. Chaplin-Ayrton).
- Helen Carter (Mrs. De Lacy Evans, Later Mrs. Russel)
- Mary Adamson Anderson (Mrs. Marshall)
- Emily Bovell (Mrs. Sturge)
- 7 Women as Lady Doctors
- The Role of Girls' Magazines
- Medicine as a Career Option
- What to Do with Our Girls
- Effect of the First World War
- 8 The Founding and Early Years of the LSMW
- The Female Medical Society
- The Beginnings of the LSMW
- Access to Hospitals
- The Programme of Study
- Who Would Grant Degrees?
- A Lookback in Time
- The Final Challenge
- Building Expansions: 1885-1892
- Building Expansions: 1896 to 1900
- Departure of Jex-Blake
- Building Expansions: 1914 to 1916
- 9 Pioneer Women of the LSMW
- The First Cohort
- King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland
- Alice Ker
- Edith Shove
- Ann Elizabeth Clark
- LSMW Women Doctors and the Empire
- Isabella (Isa) Johnstone (Mrs. Foggo)
- Fanny Jane Butler
- Agnes McLaren
- Jane Waterston
- The Pioneer Women of the LSMW as an 'Invisible College'
- Mary Bird (Mrs. Scharlieb)
- 10 Chemistry at the LSMW
- LSMW Chemistry Facilities
- LSMW Student Writings on Chemistry
- LSMW Student Writings on Chemical Accidents
- LSMW Student Inorganic Chemistry Analysis
- LSMW Student Practical Organic Chemistry
- 11 Lucy Everest Boole
- Charles Heaton
- Boole's Family History
- Boole's Pharmaceutical Career
- Boole at the LSMW
- Professional Activities
- Later Years
- 12 Clare de Brereton Evans
- Early Life of Clare De Brereton Evans
- Teaching at CLC
- Research with Henry Armstrong
- Teaching at LMSW and Research with Ramsay
- Later Life
- 13 Sibyl Taite Widdows
- Teaching at LSMW.
- Student Verse About Widdows
- Research Activities
- Research Studies on Human Lactation
- 14 Phyllis Sanderson and Anne Ratcliffe
- Phyllis Sanderson
- Sanderson's Later Academic Life
- Anne Ratcliffe
- 15 Other Chemistry Staff
- John Addyman Gardner
- Elsie Forrest
- Norah Ellen Laycock
- Yvonne M. D. Cooper
- May Williams
- Effie Isabel Cooke (Mrs. Stirling-Taylor)
- Marjory Wilson-Smith (Mrs. Farmer)
- 16 The End of the LSMW
- The First World War
- The Inter-War Years
- The End of the LSMW
- An Amnesia of History
- Should Women Be Admitted to Medical School?
- And a Final Disappearance
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Rayner-Canham, Marelene Pioneers of the London School of Medicine for Women (1874-1947)
- ISBN:
- 9783030954390
- 3030954390
- OCLC:
- 1301911428
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