Not So New!
Amid present-day talk of "the emancipation of women" it is assumed by many that women's entry into the professions and trades is of recent origin (says a London journalist). It is a shock for such, therefore to learn that the woman doctor of to-day had her prototype in the 14th century, and that practically every craft and trade practised in medieval London had its representative women masters, workers, and apprentices. Membership of the guilds was by no means confined to men, and women were eligible for entry through the ordinary channels. The guild of Barber Surgeons had "Free Sisters" in 1390, and the guild's first charter contained a special clause relating to women. The usual system of entry into the guilds was by means of apprenticeship, although a freeman of any guild could introduce his sons and daughters, provided that they were born aftor the father had received the freedom. The surgeons seceded from the Barber Surgeons' Company and received a charter in 1745 as the Eoyal College of Surgeons.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1932, Page 7
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173Not So New! Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1932, Page 7
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