Maud Mary Chadburn
(1868-1957), Surgeon; co-founder of the South London Hospital for Women and ChildrenSitter in 1 portrait
One of the first women to practice as a surgeon in the United Kingdom, Chadburn pursued a medical career despite the strong disapproval of her father. She studied at the London School of Medicine for Women and the Royal Free Hospital, where she became the surgical registrar and anaesthetist. At the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, Chadburn worked as a surgeon and later a senior obstetrician. In 1912 Chadburn and her colleague Eleanor Davies-Colley co-founded the South London Hospital for Women and Children, with the aim of training and employing an all-female medical staff, when many hospitals refused to employ women. She also became president of the London Association of the Medical Women’s Federation and chairman of the Cancer Research Committee of the Marie Curie Hospital. She was appointed CBE in 1934.
by Karl Pollak
chlorobromide print on card mount, circa 1948
NPG x15009
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