Sophia Jex-Blake

First female MD in Scotland.  She started schools.  She fought for female medical education.  She was a badass trail bla... Read more

Sophia Jex-Blake was a tireless campaigner for the cause of British women's medical education in the nineteenth century,... Read more

The Irish War of Independence began on this day in 1919. / On this day in 1840, Sophia Jex-Blake, the first female docto... Read more

Naomi Alderman tells the science story of Sophia Jex-Blake, who led a group known as the Edinburgh Seven in their bid to... Read more

On this day in 1840, Sophia Jex-Blake, the first female doctor to practice in Scotland, was born.  Learn more about you... Read more