Born 9 Jun 1836; died 17 Dec 1917 at age 81.

#English #physician and activist who sought the admission of #women to #professional #education, especially in #medicine.

She became the first woman to be #licensed as a medical #practitioner in #Britain (28 Sep 1865), despite originally being refused admission by the medical schools’ policy not to train women as doctors.

She had to study medicine privately, under some of the country’s leading physicians; at times she was forced to dissect cadavers in her own room because she was forbidden to use hospital facilities.

In 1865 she qualified as a medical practitioner by examination of the #SocietyofApothecaries.

The following year, she founded the St. Mary’s Dispensary for Women in #London. She was also the first female member of the #BritishMedicalAssociation (1873-92).

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