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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Dame Josephine Barnes
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Barnes, Dame Josephine
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1948
Leading obstetrician and gynaecologist
Josephine Barnes
gave great offence with a series of talks on
BBC radio
about women's health. Subjects like bleeding, ovaries, and hormonal changes were deemed unfit for airing in public.
1979
The
British Medical Association
appointed its first female president, obstetrician and gynaecologist
Dame Josephine Barnes
, two years after her retirement from the
National Health Service
.