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in 1927. She left for further post-grad study in Europe in 1939. She managed to visit
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received a united deputation from a number of women's organisations. They were encouraging him to create a tax on men who were not married. This suggestion was made in preference to a proposal to introduce a new tax on the total income of married couples. The delegation was by
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required by the war were an opportunity for her. She had her own practise and in 1941 she started to treat skin diseases and in 1943 she became the leading physician for this speciality.
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