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Sophia Jex-Blake
Unknown, 1870, Reproduction
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Sophia Jex-Blake
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Sophia Jex-Blake
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Sophia Jex-Blake sits thoughtfully at a desk, pen in hand, looking to the left of the photo. Her hair is pulled away from her face in a bun and she wears a long-sleeved, high-necked black dress with a voluminous skirt.
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Date
1870
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Reproduction
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Sophia Jex-Blake matriculated at Edinburgh University in 1869, when English universities didnt let women study medicine. Edinburgh reneged the places they had offered female students in 1873, so she completed her studies in Berne. Sophia believed that poorer women and children needed access to medical services delivered by women and so opened a dispensary in Grove Street. She also established the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women in 1886.
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