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The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake

The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake

by Graham Travers

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Author
Travers, Graham, 1859-1918
Credits
Produced by KD Weeks, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
R: Medicine
Subject
Jex-Blake, Sophia, 1840-1912
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 54215
Release Date
February 21, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE LIFE OF SOPHIA JEX-BLAKE
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.PART I — CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD — CHAPTER II SCHOOL LIFE — CHAPTER III SCHOOL LIFE— Continued — CHAPTER IV SCHOOL LIFE— Concluded — CHAPTER V LIFE AT HOME — CHAPTER VI LIFE AT QUEEN’S COLLEGE — CHAPTER VII FRIENDSHIP — CHAPTER VIII A STEP BEYOND — CHAPTER IX FIRST EXPERIENCE OF EDINBURGH — CHAPTER X GERMANY — CHAPTER XI LIFE AS A TEACHER AT MANNHEIM — CHAPTER XII VARIOUS PROJECTS AND VENTURES — CHAPTER XIII A VISIT TO SOME AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES — CHAPTER XIV QUESTIONINGS — CHAPTER XV PIONEER WORK IN AMERICA — CHAPTER XVI GOING HOME
  6. 6.PART II — CHAPTER I DRIFTING — CHAPTER II AT THE GATES OF THE CITADEL — CHAPTER III SUCCESS? — CHAPTER IV A CHECK — CHAPTER V OPENING OF EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY TO WOMEN — CHAPTER VI THE HOPE SCHOLARSHIP — CHAPTER VII PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES — CHAPTER VIII THE RIOT AT SURGEONS’ HALL — CHAPTER IX THE ACTION FOR LIBEL — CHAPTER X SOME FRIENDSHIPS AND HOLIDAYS — CHAPTER XI THE QUESTION OF PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION — CHAPTER XII THE ROYAL INFIRMARY — CHAPTER XIII THE ACTION AGAINST THE SENATUS — CHAPTER XIV THE LORD ORDINARY’S JUDGMENT — CHAPTER XV PAYING THE PRICE — CHAPTER XVI END OF THE BATTLE IN EDINBURGH
  7. 7.CHAPTER XVII THE QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT — CHAPTER XVIII THE LONDON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FOR WOMEN — CHAPTER XIX THE RUSSELL GURNEY ENABLING ACT — CHAPTER XX AT LAST — CHAPTER XXI THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL
  8. 8.PART III
  9. 9.CHAPTER I EARLY DAYS IN PRACTICE — CHAPTER II LAST ILLNESS OF MRS. JEX-BLAKE — CHAPTER III PATIENTS AND FRIENDS — CHAPTER IV PUBLIC LIFE — CHAPTER V RE-OPENING OF EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY TO WOMEN — CHAPTER VI DRIVING TOURS. ANIMAL FRIENDS — CHAPTER VII THE SABBATICAL YEAR — APPENDIX A PEDIGREE OF THE JEX-BLAKE FAMILY — APPENDIX B “WORDS FOR THE WAY.” [165] —No. 2. REST — APPENDIX C CONCLUSIONS FROM “A VISIT TO AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES” — APPENDIX D THE EDINBURGH EXTRA-MURAL SCHOOL — APPENDIX E LETTER TO THE TIMES IN REPLY TO MRS. GARRETT ANDERSON — APPENDIX F LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL OF EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY, AND S. J.-B.’S REPLY — APPENDIX G PERMANENT MEMORIALS OF SOPHIA JEX-BLAKE
  10. 10.INDEX

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