Madeleine ffrench-Mullen [SEP] sex or gender
Legacy: St Ultan's.
Madeleine ffrench-Mullen and Kathleen Lynn established Saint Ultan's Children's Hospital, also known as "Teach Ultan", was a female-run hospital for infants at 37 Charlemont Street, Dublin in 1919. The hospital focused on children's health and wellbeing, an area that was perceived at the time as women's concern. In the aftermath of WW1 many health problems had arisen including a rise in venereal diseases such as syphilis, carried from soldiers returning home from war. Many of
"Kathleen Lynn, Irishwoman, Patriot, Doctor" (Irish Academic Press, 2006).
Death and legacy Relantionship with ffrench-Mullen.
In modern examinations of their lives, many people now consider the possibility that Kathleen and Madeleine ffrench-Mullen were, in fact, a same-sex couple. The remarkable closeness they shared, the fact they never married men, the fact that they lived together in the same house until Madeleine's death are all now taken into account when discussing their lives. It's also