"In 1898 two young women doctors arrived in Hove and nervously set up in general practice. Twenty eventful years later Brighton & Hove had two Women's hospitals ……… this book is a unique blend of social and local history set against a vivid backdrop of Edwardian Brighton, World War I, and the struggle for women to forge a place in public life....."

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Brighton, along with its neighbour Hove, is a seaside town on the South Coast of the UK some 40 miles South of London. The author of all this website "Women of Brighton" is val brown who identifies herself as the holder of the copywright of the contents unless otherwise stated. General Sources and Appreciations are given below; individual souces and appreciations are quoted separately. All photographs of modern Brighton and Hove were taken by val; other photographs or artists are credited where the photographer or artist is known.

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Sources and Appreciations:

"Brighton" by Eric Underwood

"The Old Ship, A Prospect Of Brighton" by Raymond Flower

"The Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women"

Brighton & Hove Library, Brighton and Hove Local History Library.

"Spartacus"

Brighton and Hove Gazette

"Life in Brighton" by Clifford Musgrave

"The Theatre Royal Brighton" by Anthony Dale

Brighton" by Osbert Sitwell and Margaret Barton

The World Wide Web and its countless contributors

Appreciative Thanks to:

Prof. Linda Hunt Beckman (Ohio University,) Dr Gerry Holloway (University of Sussex,) Brighton Ourstory Project and Andrew Le Flohic, Helena Wojtczak from Hastings, Sarah Tobias, Helen Bekhor, Dr Louise Westwood, Professor Antoinette Burton University of Illinois, and all those supportive friends !

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