Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, was an English physician, educator, and feminist. She was the head of the campaign to ensure women's access to a university education. She led this campaign when she and six other women, the Edinburgh Seven, started studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1869. Jex-Blake was the first practicing female doctor in Scotland. She was a prominent campaigner for medical education for women and was responsible for establishing two medical schools for women in London and Edinburgh. It was a revolutionary step when no other medical schools agreed to train women,...
Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, was an English physician, educator, and feminist. She was the head of the campaign to ensure women's access to a university e...