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SUMMARY:A lab of one’s own: Cambridge Women in The First World War - Dr 
 Patricia Fara\, Clare College.
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DESCRIPTION:The First World War was a national event with local implicatio
 ns. As in other major towns\, Cambridge residents provided hospital care f
 or the wounded\, suffered chronic privation and witnessed women successful
 ly carrying out jobs usually reserved for men. As one of the earliest univ
 ersities to offer education for women\, Cambridge was also the source of s
 ome extraordinary female scientists\, doctors and engineers who helped to 
 ensure victory. Confronting danger\, prejudice and disease\, they took res
 ponsibility in factories\, laboratories and hospitals\, both at home and o
 verseas. After the Armistice\, as returning soldiers reclaimed their posit
 ions\, the old stereotypes returned and women were squeezed out once again
 . But Britain had changed forever: now the country knew that women were fu
 lly capable of taking over work traditionally performed by men. 
LOCATION:Law Faculty\, 10 West Road\, Cambridge CB3 9DZ
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