Sophia Jex-Blake: A Woman Pioneer in Nineteenth-Century Medical Reform
1994; BMJ; Volume: 308; Issue: 6937 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1136/bmj.308.6937.1172a
ISSN0959-8138
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
ResumoShirley Roberts Routledge, pounds sterling 40, pp 207 ISBN 0-415-08753-8 Sophia Jex-Blake knew what she wanted and was indefatigable in its pursuit. One of the first women to be admitted to a British university and the first woman doctor in Scotland, she seems never to have experienced a moment's self doubt--her conviction of her own rightness gave her the courage to take on all comers. She was a bluestocking, to whom German, mathematics, church history, and medicine were pure pleasure. A formidable intelligence, which her class and time conspired to repress, found liberation in study. The twin axes …
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