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LGBTQ+ History Month
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 | Uncategorized
The second instalment for LGBTQ+ History Month
Sophia Jex-Blake (HealthCare Pioneer)
Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake was an English physician, teacher and feminist. She was one of the first female doctors in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, a leading campaigner for medical education for women and was involved in founding two medical schools for women, in London and in Edinburgh, where she also started a women's hospital.
Despite a nineteen-year age difference, Jex-Blake was the romantic partner of Dr Margaret Todd. Upon Jex-Blake's retirement in 1899, they moved to Windydene where they started their long lives together.
