Maud Chadburn
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Maud Mary Chadburn, LSA
, MD
, (9 March 1868 - 24 April 1957), was one of the earliest women in the United Kingdom to pursue a career as a surgeon. She also co-founded the South London Hospital for Women and Children
in 1912 with fellow surgeon Eleanor Davies-Colley
.
; her father was Reverend James Chadburn, a Congregational minister from Blackburn and her mother was Grace (née Tetley) from Bradford. By 1881 the family had moved to Kent
, as shown on the 1881 census. Maud had two sisters and one brother, all younger than herself.
She later studied at University College, London and at the London School of Medicine for Women
.
(1893), Bachelor of Medicine London (1894), Doctor of Medicine
(1898), and B.S.
(1899).
Printed in The Times
newspaper on 23 November 1894 was the pass list for the University of London.
- MB examination, Second Division: Maud Mary Chadburn, London School of Medicine and Royal Free Hospital.
In The Times
newspaper, 19 December 1899,
LONDON 18 December pass list
BS examination, Second Division: Maud Mary Chadburn, MD, London School of Medicine and Royal Free Hospital.
.
Earlier appointments held were House Surgeon and clinical assistant at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital where later she became the surgeon from 1903 until 1922; she also worked for many years as senior obstetrician.
Also, she was formerly surgeon to the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital and to the Women's Settlement Hospital, Canning Town, chairman of the Cancer Research Committee of the Marie Curie Hospital and president of the London Association of the Medical Women's Federation.
, a general hospital treating women and children on Clapham Common in London, UK. The hospital, also known as the South London Hospital for Women and the South London Women's Hospital, always employed an all-woman staff.
Article: "'Run by Women, (mainly) for Women': Medical Women's Hospitals in Britain, 1866-1948 - see External Links for full document.
used to be in Clapham there is a road named after Maud called 'Maud Chadburn Place.' When the hospital closed in 1984 the building was converted into a Tesco supermarket and flats.
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. Originally, apothecaries were members of the Grocers' Company and before this members of the Guild of Pepperers formed in London in 1180...
, MD
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
, (9 March 1868 - 24 April 1957), was one of the earliest women in the United Kingdom to pursue a career as a surgeon. She also co-founded the South London Hospital for Women and Children
South London Hospital for Women and Children
The South London Hospital for Women and Children was a general hospital treating women and children on Clapham Common in London, UK. It was also known as the South London Hospital for Women and the South London Women's Hospital. Founded by Eleanor Davies-Colley and Maud Chadburn in 1912, it always...
in 1912 with fellow surgeon Eleanor Davies-Colley
Eleanor Davies-Colley
Eleanor Davies-Colley FRCS was a British surgeon. Among the earliest women in the UK to pursue a career in surgery, at that time an almost entirely male-dominated profession, she was also the co-founder of the South London Hospital for Women and Children.-Early life:Born at Petworth in Sussex, her...
.
Early life
Maud Chadburn was born in MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
; her father was Reverend James Chadburn, a Congregational minister from Blackburn and her mother was Grace (née Tetley) from Bradford. By 1881 the family had moved to Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, as shown on the 1881 census. Maud had two sisters and one brother, all younger than herself.
Education
Chadburn was educated at Milton Mount College, http://www.discovergravesham.co.uk/gravesend/milton-mount-college.html an educational institution for the daughters of Congregational ministers, although other pupils were also accepted.She later studied at University College, London and at the London School of Medicine for Women
London School of Medicine for Women
The London School of Medicine for Women was established in 1874 and was the first medical school in Britain to train women.The school was formed by an association of pioneering women physicians Sophia Jex-Blake, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Emily Blackwell and Elizabeth Blackwell with Thomas Henry...
.
Qualifications
Chadburn qualified as a Licentiate of the Society of ApothecariesWorshipful Society of Apothecaries
The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. Originally, apothecaries were members of the Grocers' Company and before this members of the Guild of Pepperers formed in London in 1180...
(1893), Bachelor of Medicine London (1894), Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
(1898), and B.S.
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
(1899).
Printed in The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
newspaper on 23 November 1894 was the pass list for the University of London.
- MB examination, Second Division: Maud Mary Chadburn, London School of Medicine and Royal Free Hospital.
In The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
newspaper, 19 December 1899,
LONDON 18 December pass list
BS examination, Second Division: Maud Mary Chadburn, MD, London School of Medicine and Royal Free Hospital.
Career
Maud Chadburn held posts of assistant anaesthetist, curator of the museum and surgical registrar at the Royal Free HospitalRoyal Free Hospital
The Royal Free Hospital is a major teaching hospital in Hampstead, London, England and part of the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust....
.
Earlier appointments held were House Surgeon and clinical assistant at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital where later she became the surgeon from 1903 until 1922; she also worked for many years as senior obstetrician.
Also, she was formerly surgeon to the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital and to the Women's Settlement Hospital, Canning Town, chairman of the Cancer Research Committee of the Marie Curie Hospital and president of the London Association of the Medical Women's Federation.
South London Hospital for Women and Children
In 1912 Chadburn co-founded the South London Hospital for Women and ChildrenSouth London Hospital for Women and Children
The South London Hospital for Women and Children was a general hospital treating women and children on Clapham Common in London, UK. It was also known as the South London Hospital for Women and the South London Women's Hospital. Founded by Eleanor Davies-Colley and Maud Chadburn in 1912, it always...
, a general hospital treating women and children on Clapham Common in London, UK. The hospital, also known as the South London Hospital for Women and the South London Women's Hospital, always employed an all-woman staff.
Article: "'Run by Women, (mainly) for Women': Medical Women's Hospitals in Britain, 1866-1948 - see External Links for full document.
"The careers of those second generation medical women who achieved prominent reputations as surgeons, such as Louisa Garrett Anderson, Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake, Lady Barrett, Elizabeth Bolton, Maud Chadburn, Elizabeth Davies-Colley, Gertrude Herzfeld (all qualifying between 1894 and 1914) exhibit a pattern of successive appointments within the
interlocking network of women-run hospitals and the RFH. To take just one example, Maud Chadburn qualified MB in 1894 from the
LSMW, and held houseposts at the RFH, Clapham Maternity, and the NHW. After a spell as surgical registrar at the RFH, she was
appointed to the honorary staff of the NHW in 1903 as senior surgeon and obstetrician, and also surgeon to the Canning Town
Women’s Settlement Hospital, before she began the drive to establish the SLH."
Personal life
After the official 'Times' obituary for Chadburn, her adopted daughter wrote "a more personal note of appreciation" to the original obituary. In it she mentioned that "though she never married she adopted three children; and in all she did for them she never forgot her own deeply unhappy childhood. All her medical studies were undertaken on her own initiative..."Miscellaneous
Very close to where the South London Hospital for Women and ChildrenSouth London Hospital for Women and Children
The South London Hospital for Women and Children was a general hospital treating women and children on Clapham Common in London, UK. It was also known as the South London Hospital for Women and the South London Women's Hospital. Founded by Eleanor Davies-Colley and Maud Chadburn in 1912, it always...
used to be in Clapham there is a road named after Maud called 'Maud Chadburn Place.' When the hospital closed in 1984 the building was converted into a Tesco supermarket and flats.