1st Edition
Sophia Jex-Blake A Woman Pioneer in Nineteenth Century Medical Reform
By Shirley Roberts
Copyright 1993
224 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Sophia Jex-Blake led the campaign that won for British women the right to enter the medical profession. Before taking up this cause she had studied women's education in England, Germany and the United states, and rejected the popular contemporary view that higher education would be wasted on women. Her medical crusade in Britain resulted in women's rights to professional careers and financial... Read more
Table of events Introduction 1. Childhood in Sussex 2. The student in London 3. The student abroad 4. A change of direction 5. The Edinburgh campaign begins 6. A disputed prize and a students' riot 7. The battle moves to the law courts 8. The end of the Edinburgh campaign 9. 'The time for a reform has come' 10. The years in practice 11. The return to Sussex Bibliography Index
Biography
Shirley Roberts (Author)
