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Contents
Acknowledgements ii
Abbreviations iv
Figures and Tables v
Abstract vii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: The admission of women to the Irish medical schools 20
Arguments for and against the admission of women to study medicine 24
The admission of women to the KQCPI and Irish medical schools 37
Chapter 2: Becoming a medical student 53
Background and reasons for studying medicine 56
Patterns of matriculation 76
Graduation 82
Chapter 3: Women’s experience of medical education in Ireland, 1880s-1920s 87
Studying medicine 91
Shared spheres? 98
Educational segregation 106
Social segregation 112
Chapter 4: Careers, destinations and opportunities 120
Methodology 122
Postgraduate study 123
General practice 125
Hospital appointments 129
Public health 133
Alternative career options 137
Academic work 139
Emigration 141
Humanitarian medical work overseas 145
Marriage and family 150
Chapter 5: The First World War and trends in the careers of Irish women doctors 157
Changes in attitudes 157
The Easter Rising 161
The effect of the War on women’s medical careers 165
Chapter 6: Medical lives: case-studies of five Irish women medical graduates 178
Emily Winifred Dickson 179
Emma Crooks 188
Lily Baker 195
Mary McGivern and Jane D. Fulton 200
Conclusion 209
Bibliography 217
Appendix 1: Biographical Index X-XXXVI
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