FF
's father, William Farr
, was a successful doctor, medical statistician, and reformer. He lectured and published on the subject of hygiene, which he preferred to call hygiology. Bernard Shaw
describes him as...
The expertise FN
gained while in Crimea placed her time in demand. Medical officers consulted her on hospital plans, as did the army when expeditionary forces left for China. On her own time, she fought...
Wealth and Poverty
Florence Farr
When FF
's father died on 14 April 1883, he left his daughter only a modest income. By Shaw's account, William Farr
had survived his wits and lost most of his means by senile speculations.
qtd. in
Shaw, George Bernard. “An Explanatory Word from Mr. Shaw”. Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw, W.B. Yeats: Letters, edited by Clifford Bax, Home and Van Thal, 1946, p. vii - x.
viii
Johnson, Josephine. Florence Farr: Bernard Shaw’s new woman. Colin Smythe, 1975.
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Timeline
1841: The Registrar General's Office announced...
National or international item
1841
The Registrar General's Office announced the national statistic that over 3,000 mothers died each year during childbirth.
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.