Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Millicent Fawcett

  • The Endell Street Military Hospital

    Anne CooperStanmore, Australia In 1914, when Britain declared war on Germany, the women of Britain were still being denied the vote. The parliament, headed by liberal Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, had been largely indifferent to the demands for women’s suffrage. Despite public support, precedents in the colonies,1 bombings, jail terms, hunger strikes, destruction of art,…