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Illustration from London Underground World War I

During the war women did many jobs which previously had been considered only suitable for men. The Gatewoman. At the bottom are the soldiers in France who would have been doing this job in peacetime. Scene on the London Underground (Underground Electric Railway Company), World War I - 1914 - 1918. Lithograph

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Dissection in progress

A dissection in progress. From "Le livre de la propriete des choses" (On the Properites of Things) written by the English Franciscan monk Bartholomew Glanville called Bartolomaeus Anglicus c1230 - 1240 and translated by Jean Corbechon in 1372. Woodcut from a printed edition published 1491

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Distillation of medicines

Distillation of medicines. Female in centre is sorting herbs to be used in various concoctions. From "Le livre de la propriete des choses" (On the Properites of Things) written by the English Franciscan monk Bartholomew Glanville called Bartolomaeus Anglicus (c1230 - 1240) and translated by Jean Corbechon in 1372. Woodcut from printed edition c1520

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