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SIX SHEROES OF MEDICINE

TODAY WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE OF ALL GENDERS CAN BE DOCTORS, NURSES OR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, BUT FOR A LONG TIME WOMEN WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR THEM IN MEDICINE. HERE ARE SOME SHEROES WHO DID NOT ACCEPT THAT!

THE EDINBURGH SEVEN (1869) FOUGHT THEIR WAY INTO THE

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