What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: Ethel Williams 1863-1948 Lived and worked here 1910-1924. Newcastle's first female general medical practitioner A radical suffragist, pacifist, educationalist and social welfare campaigner. Co-founded both the Northern Women's Hospital and the Medical Women's Federation in 1917. Recorded plaque organisation: City of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Dr Ethel Williams was Newcastle's first female general medical practitioner and a prominent advocate for women’s rights, co-founding the Northern Women's Hospital and the Medical Women's Federation in 1917. Her work significantly advanced the roles of women in medicine and society as a radical suffragist and social welfare campaigner.
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