Jane Harriett Walker
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Jane Harriett Walker | |
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| Born | 24 October 1859 |
| Died | 7 November 1938 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | British |
Jane Harriett Walker
Life
Walker was born at
She was the 45th woman to be included on the
Walker developed an interest in the treatment of
In July 1892, she opened a small sanatorium at a cottage in Downham Market in Norfolk, with six beds, using Walther's method of fresh air and good nutrition.[1] She expanded to a second sanatorium at a house in the nearby village of Denver in 1898, with ten beds. In 1901, she opened the East Anglian Sanatorium at Nayland in Suffolk, initially with 30 beds.[2][3] All of these ventures only accepted private patients, but the Nayland Sanatorium opened a wing for patients from local authority patients in 1904. A separate sanatorium for children followed later. Her assistant and successor at the sanatoriums was Eleanor Soltau.
Walker was also a founder member and first president of the Medical Women's Federation (MWF) in 1917, and the President 1917-1920 - one of the first women to join the council of the Royal Society of Medicine. She was one of the founders of Godstowe, a preparatory school for girls in High Wycombe, and a magistrate. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Leeds.
She never married. She died from a
References
- ^ a b c Susan L. Cohen, 'Walker, Jane Harriett (1859–1938)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, September 2010 accessed 14 April 2017
- ^ Historic England. "EAST ANGLIAN SANATORIUM (1051712)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Dr Jane Walker was a medical pioneer at a time when women had to fight, 2012, Sanvey Echo, Retrieved April 2017
- McCarthy, OR (August 2001). "The key to the sanatoria". J R Soc Med. 94 (8): 413–7. PMID 11461990.