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By 1912, Dissent had married and moved to [[Bhopal district|Bhopal]], India. In February of 1912, Dissent, now known as Mrs. Dissent Barnes, was visited by [[Sidney Webb|Sidney]] and [[Beatrice Webb]] during their travels. The Webbs noted the prevalence of syphilis in the area and were taken to see Dissent's hospital, which treated only women and children. Dissent had also been charged by the [[Begum]] of Bhopal, [[Sultan Jahan, Begum of Bhopal|Sultan Jahan]], to train the native midwives. These midwives (''dais'') were prevented from practicing if they had not taken a course by Dissent or if they had been suspended by her.<ref name="Webb1992">{{cite book|author=Sidney Webb|title=The Webbs in Asia: The 1911–12 Travel Diary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DevCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA249|date=18 June 1992|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-12328-5|pages=249–}}</ref>
By 1912, Dissent had married and moved to [[Bhopal district|Bhopal]], India. In February of 1912, Dissent, now known as Mrs. Dissent Barnes, was visited by [[Sidney Webb|Sidney]] and [[Beatrice Webb]] during their travels. The Webbs noted the prevalence of syphilis in the area and were taken to see Dissent's hospital, which treated only women and children. Dissent had also been charged by the [[Begum]] of Bhopal, [[Sultan Jahan, Begum of Bhopal|Sultan Jahan]], to train the native midwives. These midwives (''dais'') were prevented from practicing if they had not taken a course by Dissent or if they had been suspended by her.<ref name="Webb1992">{{cite book|author=Sidney Webb|title=The Webbs in Asia: The 1911–12 Travel Diary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DevCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA249|date=18 June 1992|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-12328-5|pages=249–}}</ref>


In 1922, Dissent was employed to the Government of [[Mumbai|Bombay]] to inquire into the maternity conditions of industrial women workers.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=4 February 1922|title=Maternity Conditions in India|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1941478|journal=The Lancet|pages=216 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(01)25620-7}}</ref> A year later, her report on the subject was published in the ''Bombay Labour Gazette''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Work of Medical Women in India|last1=Balfour|first1=Margaret Ida|last2=Young|first2=Ruth|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1929|location=London|pages=176}}</ref>
In 1922, Dissent was employed to the Government of [[Mumbai|Bombay]] to inquire into the maternity conditions of industrial women workers.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=4 February 1922|title=Maternity Conditions in India|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1941478|journal=The Lancet|pages=216 |volume=199 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(01)25620-7}}</ref> A year later, her report on the subject was published in the ''Bombay Labour Gazette''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Work of Medical Women in India|last1=Balfour|first1=Margaret Ida|last2=Young|first2=Ruth|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1929|location=London|pages=176}}</ref>


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