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Christine Murrell

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22: 267: 328: 333: 343: 141:, and in 1924 she became the first woman elected to its Central Council; she sat on the council for nine years, until her death. She was the fifth president of the 308: 313: 338: 353: 348: 65: 181: 142: 323: 318: 138: 41: 84:, where she was only the second woman to serve as a house physician. In 1903, she established a private practice in 113: 146: 44:'s Central Council. However, due to her untimely death, she never took seat leaving the first membership to 21: 117: 303: 298: 93: 109: 81: 26: 89: 96:
in 1905. From 1907, she led an infant welfare clinic run by the St Marylebone Health Society at
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movement before the First World War. During the war, she served in and became chair of the
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conducted a survey of girls' experiences of menstruation; the findings were published in
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Murrell was also an activist for women's rights, and was involved in the
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in 1899. She spent the beginning of her career in various positions in
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with her friend Elizabeth Honor Bone. Murrell received an
40:. In 1924, she became the first woman elected to the 36:(18 October 1874 – 18 October 1933) was an English 329:Alumni of the London School of Medicine for Women 60:, London. Her parents were Charles Murrell, a 8: 334:Presidents of the Medical Women's Federation 185:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 137:Murrell served on various committees of the 92:in psychology and mental diseases from the 344:20th-century English women medical doctors 262: 260: 80:before returning to London to work at the 240: 182:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 158: 174: 172: 170: 168: 166: 164: 162: 210: 208: 7: 309:20th-century English medical doctors 66:London School of Medicine for Women 14: 1: 314:English women medical doctors 339:British women in World War I 199:UK public library membership 56:Murrell was born in 1874 in 354:20th-century English people 179:"Murrell, Christine Mary". 139:British Medical Association 42:British Medical Association 370: 349:20th-century English women 143:Medical Women's Federation 216:"Christine Murrell, M.D." 52:Early life and education 268:"Murrell, Dr Christine" 227:(3799): 801–803. 1933. 147:General Medical Council 114:Women's Emergency Corps 233:10.1136/bmj.2.3799.801 191:10.1093/ref:odnb/54293 34:Christine Mary Murrell 30: 16:English medical doctor 118:London County Council 24: 122:Womanhood and Health 94:University of London 324:People from Clapham 319:English suffragists 124:. In 1925, she and 82:Royal Free Hospital 27:Wellcome Collection 25:Christine Murrell ( 31: 197:(Subscription or 126:Letitia Fairfield 361: 283: 282: 280: 278: 272:Wellcome Library 264: 255: 254: 244: 212: 203: 202: 194: 176: 110:women's suffrage 369: 368: 364: 363: 362: 360: 359: 358: 289: 288: 287: 286: 276: 274: 266: 265: 258: 214: 213: 206: 196: 178: 177: 160: 155: 106: 68:, receiving an 54: 17: 12: 11: 5: 367: 365: 357: 356: 351: 346: 341: 336: 331: 326: 321: 316: 311: 306: 301: 291: 290: 285: 284: 256: 204: 157: 156: 154: 151: 105: 102: 100:for 18 years. 74:Northumberland 53: 50: 38:medical doctor 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 366: 355: 352: 350: 347: 345: 342: 340: 337: 335: 332: 330: 327: 325: 322: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 296: 294: 273: 269: 263: 261: 257: 252: 248: 243: 238: 234: 230: 226: 222: 221: 217: 211: 209: 205: 200: 192: 188: 184: 183: 175: 173: 171: 169: 167: 165: 163: 159: 152: 150: 148: 144: 140: 135: 133: 132: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 103: 101: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 62:coal merchant 59: 51: 49: 47: 43: 39: 35: 28: 23: 19: 277:25 September 275:. Retrieved 224: 218: 180: 136: 129: 121: 107: 98:Lisson Grove 55: 33: 32: 18: 304:1933 deaths 299:1874 births 46:Hilda Lloyd 293:Categories 201:required.) 153:References 131:The Lancet 134:in 1930. 86:Bayswater 78:Liverpool 48:in 1933. 251:20777859 242:2369720 58:Clapham 249:  239:  195: 104:Career 279:2017 247:PMID 76:and 70:MBBS 237:PMC 229:doi 220:BMJ 187:doi 295:: 270:. 259:^ 245:. 235:. 223:. 207:^ 161:^ 90:MD 281:. 253:. 231:: 225:2 193:. 189:: 29:)

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Wellcome Collection
medical doctor
British Medical Association
Hilda Lloyd
Clapham
coal merchant
London School of Medicine for Women
MBBS
Northumberland
Liverpool
Royal Free Hospital
Bayswater
MD
University of London
Lisson Grove
women's suffrage
Women's Emergency Corps
London County Council
Letitia Fairfield
The Lancet
British Medical Association
Medical Women's Federation
General Medical Council





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