IOF
's cousins Elizabeth Pease Nichol
and Katharine Blackhouse
were among the leaders of the Ladies' National Association
when it campaigned on the national stage for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. Another cousin,...
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January 1871: Subscribers to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh,...
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January 1871
Subscribers to the Royal Infirmary
, Edinburgh, narrowly elected a board of managers unsympathetic to the medical education of women.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.