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Flysheet about the diploma of Doctor of Medicine, with related letters asking about opportunities for women in the medical profession, 1862

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Davies 2/4

Scope and Contents

2 copies of flysheet together with 18 letters from places in England, Scotland, Wales and Guernsey asking for information about medical study and opportunities for women, mostly addressed to Miss [Emily] Davies, some at least in response to advertisements in the Saturday Review of 19 and 26 July 1862 and the Athenaeum of 12, 19 and 26 July 1862, inviting 'ladies who may be desirous of qualifying themselves for the Medical Profession' to obtain information on 'the prescribed course of study and the opportunities at present available' from ED. Letters are from the following: Richard Lee; Sophia Claxton; Alfred Lewis; John Aldcroft; Zoe Leigh Cony; Mrs Jarvis; Miss Smith; Mrs Meredith; Mrs R Schofield; 'Well-wisher'; Miss Woodrooffe; Mrs Haymes; Miss Lister; John Parry; Emma Hooker; Catherine Daniell; M E Adlington; Miss H Smith.

Dates

  • Creation: 1862

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Open to bona fide scholars and by appointment only.

Extent

20 item(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

ED 3/3a-21

Related Materials

Further copy in Family Chronicle, pages 261a and 262 - catalogued at GCPP Davies 1.

Originator(s)

Various

Finding aid date

2002-08-18 11:04:54+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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