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Tag: Girton
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The astonishing life of Elsie Bowerman
She was rescued from the Titanic; caught up in the Russian Revolution; demonstrated with the suffragettes, drove ambulances during WW1, became the first woman barrister ever to speak at the Old Bailey, and almost in passing, founded the WVS. Even though she has never to my knowledge appeared on I’m a Celebrity, Get me out…
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The Other Heroines of WW1
Edith Cavell was just one of a large number of professional women who, using their medical training and expertise to aid the soldiers caught up in the conflict, pushed forward the emancipation of women in medicine.