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Without sufficient finances, the first British woman to qualify as a doctor Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) could not afford to set up a practice in London.
By the 1920s, the Medical Women’s Federation were promoting general practice as “a role for which women are peculiarly well-fitted.”
Between the late 1800s until the 1960s, male doctors relied on their wives to assist with their professional lives and run their family ones.
Women doctors have played and continue to play a significant role globally both as practitioners and policy makers.
Although more than 50% of today’s GPs are women, they are not equally represented at the top levels of medicine. What gender issues have contributed to this discrepancy?
GPs are part of a much wider team that works together to deliver primary care. Today, and in the past, women make up the majority of this team.