Introduction -- Debates surrounding women's admission to the medical profession -- The admission of women to the KQCPI and Irish medical schools -- Becoming a medical student -- Women's experiences of Irish medical education -- Careers and opportunities -- Trends in the careers of Irish women doctors: emigration, marriage and the First World War -- Medical lives: case studies of five Irish women medical graduates -- Conclusions
Summary
The first comprehensive history of Irish women in medicine in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It focuses on the debates surrounding women's admission to Irish medical schools, the geographical and social backgrounds of early women medical students, their educational experiences and subsequent careers
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index
