Thanks to Women's Library Archive, LSE, for sourcing this photo of my gt-gt-aunt Honor Bone (1874-1950), one of the first practising women GPs in Britain. By Lena Connell, herself a pioneering woman photographer - ThreadSky

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alexdrace.bsky.social • 72 days ago

Thanks to Women's Library Archive, LSE, for sourcing this photo of my gt-gt-aunt Honor Bone (1874-1950), one of the first practising women GPs in Britain. By Lena Connell, herself a pioneering woman photographer

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gillianmurphy.bsky.social•28 days ago

Glad we could have helped. It's a lovely photograph.

alexdrace.bsky.social•28 days ago

Thanks so much for your help Gillian! I am still piecing together bits of this, but yes, what a great photograph

gwenyth.bsky.social•72 days ago

Amazing! When and where did she practice? What more info on Dr Bone do you have? So rare for a woman to have achieved that level of education. I had a Welsh-speaking gt-gt-aunt who was lucky enough to attend school in north Pembrokeshire where only two subjects were taught: English and manners.

alexdrace.bsky.social•72 days ago

Thanks Gwen! She studied in Edinburgh and London, and practised in Liverpool and London.
Here is obit from British Medical Journal - have been piecing together various other bits of her life

gwenyth.bsky.social•72 days ago

The very best kind of detective work. Retired from general practice in 1935, what a life! I look forward to reading more.

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