Doctor Woman: The Life and Times of Dr. Elizabeth Bagshaw
Elizabeth Bagshaw was a forerunner of the women's movement. As one of the first women to practise medicine in Canada, she had to overcome society's bias against women in medicine. During her seventy-year career she helped to instigate change in public opinion on that issue, as well as the issue of birth control. The film captures the personality of this remarkable woman through a contemporary interview and re-enactments of episodes from her youth. The sepia tones of the re-enactments are in keeping with the film techniques of the time, giving the viewer a strong sense of the period. The film …
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Elizabeth Bagshaw was a forerunner of the women's movement. As one of the first women to practise medicine in Canada, she had to overcome society's bias against women in medicine. During her seventy-year career she helped to instigate change in public opinion on that issue, as well as the issue of birth control. The film captures the personality of this remarkable woman through a contemporary interview and re-enactments of episodes from her youth. The sepia tones of the re-enactments are in keeping with the film techniques of the time, giving the viewer a strong sense of the period. The film is of special interest to persons interested in the evolution of women's roles in Canadian society.
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directorMark McCurdy
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cinematographyMark McCurdy
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writingNancy C. JohnsonKem Murch
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editorConrad KuglerMark McCurdy
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production managerNancy C. Johnson
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music composerMickey Erbe
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music - arrangementMickey Erbe
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voiceElaine Caulder
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narrationElaine Caulder
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re-recordingDoug MacPherson
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unit administratorLise Turcot
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producerBeryl FoxNancy C. Johnson
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executive producerDon Hopkins
In small groups, research images of women from the different periods of Dr. Bagshaw’s life (early 1900s, 1920s, 1940s, etc.). Use primary sources (newspapers, magazines, etc.). How have women’s roles, including participating in professions like medicine and law, changed? Access to birth control was and still is controversial in some communities: ask students to debate whether birth control should be freely available in schools or at what age young people should have access to it.
