Fwd: [Histmed] FW: Louisa Garrett Anderson and the Suffragette Hospital - Jennian Geddes

[Chris]

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Chris

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>From: Panizzo Enrico [mailto:Enrico.Panizzo at thpct.nhs.uk]
>Sent: 27 October 2008 10:32
>To: Panizzo Enrico
>Subject: Louisa Garrett Anderson and the Suffragette Hospital - Jennian Geddes
>
>
>Dear All,
>
>SUMEHR is hosting a seminar on the history of Louisa Garrett 
>Anderson and exploring contemporary issues concerning women, health 
>and war. Please circulate the details below.
>
>Thanks,
>Enrico
>____________________________
>
>Louisa Garrett Anderson and the Suffragette Hospital - Jennian Geddes
>Tuesday 11th November 2008, 17:30 - 19:30
>The Women's Library, Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT
>
>Louisa Garrett Anderson, daughter of Britain's first woman doctor, 
>founded a hospital for women and children and went to prison for her 
>activities with the militant suffrage movement. During WWI she was 
>Chief Surgeon at the Endell Street Military Hospital, a large 
>woman-run army hospital in Covent Garden, where at the same time as 
>treating casualties, the staff campaigned for the vote throughout 
>the war. Jennian Geddes will talk about the history of the 
>suffragette hospital - the seminar will also reflect on contemporary 
>issues concerning women, health and war.
>
>Jennian Geddes is a former Reader in Clinical Neuropathology at 
>Queen Mary, University of London & is Honorary Consultant 
>Neuropathologist at the Royal London. She is currently researching 
>the history of early women doctors.
>
>v       Jennian F Geddes, 'Artistic integrity and feminist spin: a 
>spat at the Endell Street Military Hospital', The Burlington 
>Magazine, 2005;147:617-618.
>
>v       Jennian F Geddes, 'The Women's Hospital Corps: forgotten 
>surgeons of the First World War', Journal of Medical Biography, 
>2006;14:109-117.
>
>The History and Health seminars are funded by SUMEHR and chaired by 
>John Eversley. The series aims to explore contemporary issues in 
>researching Black and Minority Ethnic Health through historical 
>perspectives. Each meeting aims to attract a specialist audience 
>familiar with the issue to be discussed and a more general audience 
>interested in contemporary research and action on the health of 
>Black and Minority Ethnic communities.
>
>This seminar is free and open to all.
>
>For more information, or to register, contact enrico.panizzo at thpct.nhs.uk
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