Mary Edith Pechey

SJB , Mary Edith Pechey , and Isabel Thorne applied to St Mary's Hospital Medical School , London, and were all refused entry.

With degrees and examination passes from outside Britain, Sophia Jex-Blake and Edith Pechey became official practitioners of medicine within the United Kingdom, after Ireland's Royal College of Physicians accepted them.

The first to respond was Mrs Isabel Thorne , the next Miss Edith Pechey . When two more women—Miss Matilda Chaplin and Mrs Helen Evans —expressed their intention to apply, SJB proceeded to request matriculation...

The private tuition received by Edith Pechey was used as an excuse to pass her over for the prestigious Hope Scholarship despite her ranking first in her cohort.

She explained that the rioters were led by Dr Christison 's class assistant, a Mr Craig. This testimony sparked a libel lawsuit, initiated by Craig. Contemporary accounts describe the case as heavily prejudiced, as...