Changing role of women in medicine in 1905 - 1948

• 1914

  • Most hospitals refused to employ female doctors.
  • 300 nurses in the British Army.
• 1918

  • 10,000 Nurses in the British Army.
  • Female Doctors in British Military Hospitals.
  • Female drivers - for transportation of wounded soldiers.
• 1939

  • Female Doctors and Nurses in RAMC - and held military ranking.
  • Some objected to being treated by women.
• RAMC = Royal Army Medical Corps