Background
She was the daughter of the English journalist and railway engineer William Bridges Adams.
She was the daughter of the English journalist and railway engineer William Bridges Adams.
She studied at Bedford College and then at the University of Leipzig before joining the medical register in Dublin in 1881.
They ran a medical practice together in Frankfurt am Main until 1886. They had two children. After she contracted tuberculosis, the couple opened a sanatorium, the Nordrach Clinic, in the Black Forest.
Although she obtained her medical diploma in Germany in 1880, she was not acknowledged as a doctor or permitted to use the title until 1904.
She published an early work on women"s health in 1896, providing medical advice to women about their own health and the health of their family. She became a peace activist and advocated equality for women.