‘There are men who are extraordinarily prejudiced about women,’ he would say. ‘You may not have met them. But for myself I think it is a pity the R.A.M.C. should be so pig-headed.’
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‘Has Sloggett been to see you?’ asked one Brass-hat, referring to the Director of Medical Services for the British Armies in France.
‘No, he has not been here.’
‘I wonder at that. Great man with the ladies, Sloggett.’
‘I expect we are not his kind of ladies,’ rejoined the doctor drily, to the great appreciation of her hearer.
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‘That’s a silly sort of badge you are wearing,’ observed one lieutenant-colonel; for both the senior doctors were suffragists and wore the purple, white and green badge of their union. As their motto was ‘Deeds not Words,’ they never attempted propaganda even with their colleagues, and it was rare indeed for an officer to raise the subject with them.
‘Oh! are you not in favour of Woman’s Suffrage?’ she asked.
‘No, I am not,’ he replied stoutly: ‘Horrid women!’