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“Make
up your mind what you want to do and know you are capable of doing and don’t
allow people to tell you that you can’t do it because you are a woman.
I have never forgotten being told by the senior obstetric consultant at
the London Hospital in his Harley Street rooms when I sought his advice
about progressing my career in O&G [obstetrics and gynaecology] having
had four children in 8 years, lived in 4 countries in 3 continents and worked
throughout that ‘there was no place for married women in O&G.’
It gave me great pleasure when 7 years later, having been to another country
in a fourth continent, I was appointed as the first woman consultant at
the London and met him at the Xmas party”—Wendy
Savage, past president, MWF
“Go from failure to failure with enthusiasm. Working with other professional
examiners I learned that most women put in their application to be an examiner
once. If they were turned down they felt so demoralised that they did not
apply again. For men, the average number of applications was three—they
had no hang-ups about re-applying”—Anita
Holdcroft, co-chair, Medical Academic Staff Committee, BMA
