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Elizabeth Bell (doctor)

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Professional Life
In the summer of 1916 she joined the war effort through the women's medical unit of the royal army medical corps. She was sent to Malta to work in Saint Andrew's military hospital with four other women doctors. While receiving similar benefits to her male counterparts she was classified as a civilian surgeon and did not have a rank. A year later she returned to Ireland after the death of her son, '''Leuitenant Hugh Bell Fisher. He died during the battle of Passchendaele.'''

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11 October 2016 Plaque in front of the Daisyhill Hospital to commemorate her accomplishments For her work with the suffragette prisoners in Crumlin Road Jail, Bell received a certificate from WSPU that thanked her for her service and dedication to the suffrage movement. It is believed that about 1,000 women were involved in the Ulster suffragism movement in 1914, but most suffragette activity decreased at the start of World War I.[9] "'To Elizabeth Bell,""On behalf of all women who will win freedom by the bondage which you have endured for their sake, and dignity by the humiliation which you have gladly suffered for the uplifting of our sex, We, the members of the Women’s Social and Political Union, herewith express our deep sense of admiration for your courage in enduring a long period of privation and solitary confinement in prison for the Votes for Women Cause, also our thanks to you for the great service that you have thereby rendered to the Woman’s Movement. Inspired by your passion for freedom and right may we and the women who come after us be ever ready to follow your example of self-forgetfulness and self-conquest, ever ready to obey the call of duty and to answer to the appeal of the oppressed.""Signed on behalf of the Women’s Social and Political Union,""E. Pankhurst E.Pethick Lawrence.”"

Education and Early Life
In 1889 women were allowed to enroll into the Medical Faculty of Queen's College, Belfast. She enrolled into the program the very same year. She trained with five other women at the Belfast Royal Hospital until her graduation in 1893. At the end of 1893 her name was included in the Medical Directory of Ireland and she became a member of the Ulster Medical Society.

Early Life and Family
Mary Edith Campbell was born in Ripley Ohio in 1875. She was the third child of Mary Leavitt Campbell and William Burlington Campbell.

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