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Isabel Thorne
British midwife · Writers · Lived 1834 to 1910 · aged 76
Isabel Jane Thorne was an early campaigner for medical education for women. Mrs Thorne, as she was known, was a member of the feminist Edinburgh Seven, who campaigned and succeeded in securing the right by statute for women to be educated to qualify as doctors.
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An exemplary Victorian, Thorne's dedication to duty and service was a precursor for the more violent campaigns of the suffragettes to achieve full enfranchisement for women.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1834 to 1910 · aged 76
