The ‘Edinburgh Seven’: a group of women in the Victorian era who bravely sought to break tradition, and to study what was deemed to be a man’s field. The first women to be semi-allowed to pursue a medical degree, but alas, were then prevented from participating in all the lectures that came with it.
I was delighted when I found out that the Edinburgh Seven were recently awarded their medical degrees post-humously. This was many years after they had been bullied out of medical school by their male counterparts.
Despite this, one of the ladies, Dr Sophia Jex-Blake, went on to form the London School of Medicine for Women. She also obtained her MD at a Swiss University, and later went back to Edinburgh to set up a medical school for women there.
This story really inspired me as a female doctor. If it weren’t for the Edinburgh Seven and many others, the world might be a very different place today for women. It’s inspiring to read about how these brave ladies decided to pave their own way in life.
Read more about the Edinburgh Seven in this blog I found: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh7/. And click here to see how I incorporate vintage fashion into my daily work attire as a doctor! Till next time, folks!
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