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Mary Strangman
Mary Strangman (1872–1943), was an Irish doctor, public health advocate and women's suffragist. She was also Waterford's first woman Councillor. Early life and education She was born Mary Somerville Parker Strangman on 16 March 1872, the second last of seven children to Thomas Handcock Strangman of Carriganore, Killotteran, County Waterford and Sarah White Hawkes, originally of Castle White, County Cork. She had four brothers and two sisters. Since her father was a gentleman, Strangman was educated at home. Both she and her sister Lucia attended the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1891. It was the first medical school in the either Ireland or Great Britain to allow women to attend on equal terms with men. Strangman graduated in 1896 and moved to England to gain experience. She worked initially as a clinical assistant at the Northumberland county asylum. Later, she worked as both an assistant anaesthetist and assistant obstetrician in a private hospital for women in Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Waterford
County Waterford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the city of Waterford. Waterford City and County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county. The population of the county at large, including the city, was 127,363 according to the 2022 census. The county is based on the historic Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory of the ''Déisi, Déise''. There is an Gaeltacht, Irish-speaking area, Gaeltacht na nDéise, in the southwest of the county. Geography and subdivisions County Waterford has two mountain ranges, the Knockmealdown Mountains and the Comeragh Mountains. The highest point in the county is Knockmealdown, at . It also has many rivers, including Ireland's third-longest river, the River Suir (); and Ireland's fourth-longest river, the Munster Blackwater (). There ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
