Dr Sophia Jex-Blake and the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, 1886-1898.
Set in a period when women were finding new avenues for their intellectual abilities, this article gives a short account of the genesis, achievements and collapse of the first Medical School for Women in Scotland, set up by Dr Sophia Jex-Blake.
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