Maria Dickin saw something others had overlooked: poverty affected animals as well as people. From a Whitechapel basement she built the PDSA, transformed access to veterinary care and created the Dickin Medal for animal bravery.
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The Seventh Chair – Kirst D’Raven
Six women. Seven chairs. One invitation that makes no sense. Around a dinner table where time has apparently stopped, Florence Nightingale, Beatrix Potter, Maria Dickin, Lilian Bland, Elsie Inglis and Eglantyne Jebb discover they have rather more in common than history remembers. But one place remains empty. And perhaps it was never meant for them.
