Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake

Sophia Jex-Blake was born in Hastings, in 1840. She studied at Queen's College for Women in London, and began tutoring mathematics there from 1859 to 1861.

In 1865, she studied medicine in New York, but was unable to continue her medical studies when she returned because English medical schools were closed to women.

She fought her way to study at Edinburgh University. She conducted a public campaign in London, and opened the London School of Medicine for Women.

Soon after, she founded a medical school in Edinburgh, and in 1894 women were finally allowed to graduate in medicine. She died in 1912.