When World War One began in 1914, women doctors came forward with offers of help and were soon told by the British military to “go home and sit still”. Louisa Garrett Anderson (of Aldeburgh) and Flora Murray, both qualified doctors, suffragettes and life partners, did no such thing. When war broke out men signed up to fight and women worked in male roles. More than sixty female doctors volunteered but were rejected.
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