DOI: 10.1177/1478271520053503024 ISSN: 1478-2715
Dr Sophia Jex-Blake and the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, 1886-1898
JM SomervilleSet 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