Dr Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake
(1840-1912)
woman, Doctor of Medicine, and pioneer woman doctor
Died aged 71
Wikidata WikipediaSophia Louisa Jex-Blake (21 January 1840 – 7 January 1912) was an English physician, teacher and feminist. She led the campaign to secure women access to a University education when she and six other women, collectively known as the Edinburgh Seven, began studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1869. She was the first practising female doctor in Scotland, and one of the first in the wider United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; a leading campaigner for medical education for women and was involved in founding two medical schools for women, in London and Edinburgh at a time when no other medical schools were training women.
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Commemorated on 4 plaques
In this house was born Sophia Jex-Blake MD 1840-1912 Pioneer woman doctor
18 Croft Road, Hastings, United Kingdom where they was born (1840)
Sophia Jex-Blake
The Edinburgh Hospital for Women and Children, 90-94 Whitehouse Loan, Edinburgh, United Kingdom where they was
In honor of Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake 1840-1912. Physician, pioneer of medical education for women in Britain, alumna of the university.
Teviot Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom where they worked
The Edinburgh Seven. Britain's first female medical students 1869 - 1873. The Surgeons' Hall Riot occurred here 18th November 1870.
Surgeons' Hall Museums, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson Street , Edinburgh, United Kingdom where they studied