Why did they pay for the hospital?
Sarah Dentith
- Organisation:
- Geroge Marshall Medical Museum
- Region:
- West Midlands
- Notice Period:
- Regular (more than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Charity
- Fee:
- Paid: 50
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 1st December 2023
- Tagged:
- History | Medical | Women | Worcestershire
This talk looks at the great and the good of Worcester, who funded the Infirmary but it also looks at economic change at the turn of the twentieth century when middle class women were gaining a little freedom in the charities they supported and working class men could fund their own medical expenses before the National Insurance Act
My award winning undergraduate dissertation was on the history of Worcester Infirmary, looking at the people that funded it at the end of the Victorian Period and why.
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I work in archives and libraries and I am interested in the social side of medical history, looking at the people involved, their motivations and the way they felt.
My talks are charged at £50 for the George Marshall Medical Museum Worcester which is a charity.
I researched First World War patients at Powick Mental Hospital, near Worcester, for my Masters in Local History at University of Birmingham. I also won awards for my research on Victorian funding at Worcester Infirmary during my Degree course at University of Worcester.
I am prepared to deliver talks on my previous research or, given sufficient time, to research a topic on request related to medical history.
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