PRISON DOCTORS
The first woman prison doctor, Mrs,
Wells, has just been appointed at "~*~~ Manchester, England. Dr. Wells qualified at Manchester Varsity, and
came forward when it was announced that women prisoners or suspects should have a woman doctor.' It is now 20 years since the first woman Inspector of prisons, Dr. Mary Gordon was appointed. Dr. Gordon was also a novelist, having published a book dealing with the life of an ex-prison-er, and comparing the softness with * which he was treated in gaol to the comparative hardness that met him outside.
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Shannon News, 15 November 1927, Page 4
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92PRISON DOCTORS Shannon News, 15 November 1927, Page 4
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