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Early life and Education

Murray was the fourth out of five children to John Murray and Grace Harriet. One of her earliest involvements in the medical field was attending the London Hospital in Whitechapel in 1890. She attended as a probationer nurse, for a six month course. Murray decided on her career in medicine and went on to study in the London School of medicine for Women in 1897( insert before London School of medicine for women )  She then proceeded to work as a Medical assistant for eighteen months at an asylum at the Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfriesshire, this experience was crucial in her writing of her MD thesis called 'Asylum Organization and Management' (1905)

medical career

- Suffragette

Murray's hand in women's suffrage first started when she became a participant and activist of Millicent Fawcett's National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. She then continued her work in women's suffrage as a supporter of Women's Social and Political Union. She also beame a consistent participant in the militant movement, offering her services as a practitioner. She took a leadership role and showed her value as an activist by being involved in speaking at public gatherings, becoming a member in the 1911 census protest, and using her medical knowledge and skill to treat her fellow suffragettes who experienced injuries through their work as activist.

- War war I

When war broke out in in the year 1914, Murray and her partner Dr Louisa Garret Anderson decided to use their medical knowledge and experience to help in WWI. They founded their own women's hospital organization to help and treat wounded soldiers. They believed they could demonstrate that women can contribute to their male counterpart, especially in times of crisis. They approached the British authorities who rejected them and then offered their hand to the French who accepted their assistance. They were able to assemble a small group, the Women's Hospital Corps (WHC). The French provided a new hotel as their hospital. Once the building was converted, injured men from the French and British were brought to treat their wounds. Flora Murray was appointed to be medicine in chief and Anderson was to be chief surgeon. Murray and Anderson's Women's Hospital Corps ran two military hospitals in Paris and Wimereux.

During their work as the Women's Hospital Corps injured casualties were evacuated to England. The War Office heard and recognized the work of Murray's and Anderson's achievements and were invited to England in 1915 to run a large hospital in London under the Royal Army Medical Corps. The hospital was named Endell street military hospital Endell street military hospital became renowned as the Tatler, seeing more than 24,000 in patients and saw 26,000 more as out patients. Murray and Anderson also saw their roles as leaders as an opportunity to continue to help in women's suffrage and to invest in the future generations. Murray and Endell took their head roles and educated women, particularly the young orderlies. Murray and Anderson were awarded the CBE award for their hand and work in the war. Endell Street was closed in the January of 1920. Murray returned to Harrow Road hospital which was renamed Roll of Honour Hospital, where she continued her work as a private practitioner. Her diary and writings of her experiences of the War became a book the Women as Army Surgeons: Being the History of the Women's Hospital Corps in Paris, which was published in 1920. The lack of funding eventually lead to the closure of the Roll of of Honour Hospital, and also the retirement of both Murray and her colleague Anderson. They both moved together to a cottage in Paul End, in Penn, Buckinghamshire.

death

Murray suffered from large bowel cancer, which was the reason for her operation. She died shortly after her surgery in in a nursing home in Hampstead, London, on 28 July 1923.