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Female Medical Society

The Female Medical Society was founded in 1862 to promote employment of women who were educated and able to practice midwifery and treating diseases present in women and children. Another object of the society was to ensure that women had facilities to learn and practice treatment for midwifery and medicine. Course subjects that were taught within the society were obstetrics, anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica, diseases of women and infants, and general medical science. There were over seventy-five women known to have completed their studies in these various courses and claimed they helped them with their success.

In 1869, the society ended; this was partially because there was a want and need for funding, but there was not funding available. Another reason was that the women were no longer pleased with the Medical Society. Although the Female Medical Society came to an end, the London School of Medicine for Women was established in 1874 and gave women the chance to further their education in medicine. Women needed a safe place to educate themselves while preparing for a career in medicine and the London School of Medicine for Women did just that.