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Life in Her Hands is the remarkable story of a truly trailblazing woman. Averil's account shines light on a medical and societal world that has changed beyond measure, but which - as she shows through her experiences - still has a long way to go for the women finding their place within it.
Life in Her Hands is a 1951 drama film sponsored by the British Ministry of Labour with the aim of recruiting women to the nursing profession.
Life in Her Hands is the remarkable story of a truly trailblazing woman. Averil's account shines light on a medical and societal world that has changed beyond measure, but which - as she shows through her experiences - still has a long way to go for the women finding their place within it.
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Feb 23, 2023 · Life in Her Hands is the remarkable story of a truly trailblazing woman. Averil's account shines light on a medical and societal world that has changed beyond measure, but which - as she shows through her experiences - still has a long way to go for the women finding their place within it.
Life in Her Hands: Directed by Philip Leacock. With Kathleen Byron, Bernadette O'Farrell, Jacqueline Charles, Jenny Laird. A woman blames herself for her husband's death. To overcome her grief and her guilt she becomes a nurse but then a patient dies while under her care.
Byron, well known at the time for her role in the 1947 film Black Narcissus, plays the protagonist Anne Peters, who wrongly believes herself to be responsible for the death of her husband in a car crash. She subsequently decides to become a nurse to assuage her guilt.
Feb 23, 2023 · Life in Her Hands is the remarkable story of a truly trailblazing woman. Averil's account shines light on a medical and societal world that has changed beyond measure, but which - as she shows through her experiences - still has a long way to go for the women finding their place within it.
May 31, 2023 · A book review of Averil Mansfield's Life in Her Hands, reviewed by Editor-in-chief Jonathan Glass. Author: Averil Mansfield. Publisher: Ebury Spotlight (February 2023) Hardcover: 272 pages. ISBN: 978 1529149968. RRP: £20.00. When did you first decide to become a surgeon? When did you discover your specialty?
From her early days as a schoolchild to her vice-presidency of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, this very personal account allows us all to follow the life of Averil Dring, better known to many of us as Professor Averil Mansfield.
Feb 23, 2023 · Life in Her Hands is the remarkable story of a truly trailblazing woman. Averil's account shines light on a medical and societal world that has changed beyond measure, but which - as she shows through her experiences - still has a long way to go for the women finding their place within it.
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