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The First World War dramatically changed public attitudes to women and medicine, and opened up new professional roles for women in healthcare both in the war zone and on the home front. These experiences prompted some women to write, often very powerfully, about the war and its impact on society. This panel discussion features members of the interdisciplinary ‘Women, Science, Narrative’ research network organised by the Centre for the Novel at the 51cg and funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Professor Christine Hallett, Dr Hazel Hutchison, Dr Mhairi Pooler and Dr Alexandra Lewis (chair). Exploring nursing, dentistry, and the opium trade, this event considers how women used different kinds of narratives, both fictional and factual, to convey the suffering of war, to challenge traditional attitudes, and to attempt to make the world a healthier place.

Complimentary refreshments included.

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