Warrior queens & quiet revolutionaries: forgotten women from history
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Women and the Law of Coverture
In the 1901 census, there were 1,700 and dot dot dot female domestic servants and 12 doctors. In many cultures, men aren't allowed to touch women, but women weren't allowed to be doctors. So that is actually a death sentence for women. It matters that women are doctors as well as men. You know, we need doctors. Still to come on History Extra podcast.
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