CHAPTER VI
ENGLAND REVISITED
1858
The ten years during which this pioneer medical
work had been steadily carried on had thus firmly
established the new departure as a useful innovation
in the United States. The reform was at that time
steadily growing, not only in New York, but also in
Philadelphia and Boston, under the guidance of able
bodies of women. We were now desirous of learning
what openings existed in England for the entrance of
women into the medical profession. We knew that
much interest had been felt there in the progress
of the American work, and we had been urged by
friends in Europe to give some account of it.
It was determined, therefore, in August 1858 that I should again revisit my native land and urge the importance of this medical work. Soon after my arrival in Europe I took the occasion of a visit made to a sister in Paris to prepare carefully a series of three addresses to be delivered in England, showing what was being done in medicine by women in the United States, and the reasons for that work. The first of these addresses was on the value of physiological knowledge to women, the second on
