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Standing up to the War Office: Women who refused to ‘Go home and sit still’ by Viv Newman

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Standing up to the War Office: Women who refused to ‘Go home and sit still’ by Viv Newman  In August 1914, the eminent surgeon and leading suffragist, Dr Elsie Inglis offered her professional services to the British Army.  A senior representative of the RAMC riposted, “Dear Lady, go home and sit still.”  This widely illustrated talk which uses the…