Women medical students dressed as suffragettes protest the possible closure of their school in London. – Vintage Photograph

Women medical students from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine staged a protest against the threatened closure of their Preclinical Medical School outside Senate House, the administrative headquarters of the University of London. The 400-strong demonstration included the students dressed as suffragettes and chained to the railings. The protest was in response to the Flowers Report, which recommended that London’s 34 separate medical and dental schools should be regrouped into six schools at a saving of 3m a year.Women medical students from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine staged a protest against the threatened closure of their Preclinical Medical School outside Senate House, the administrative headquarters of the University of London. The 400-strong demonstration included the students dressed as suffragettes and chained to the railings. The protest was in response to the Flowers Report, which recommended that London’s 34 separate medical and dental schools should be regrouped into six schools at a saving of 3m a year.

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UPI OUT London, 11/3/80, PA: Chained protest – women students, dressed as suffragettes, from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine chained to the railings outside the Senate House headquarters of the University of London today when they staged a protest against the threatened closure of their Preclinical Medical School. (PAP 191788-1Ha-S) WATCH FOR PA STORY FALC TULE

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