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Maggie Allen - Not Me, But Us

Drama: Biographical

Drama: Historical

Maggie Allen's story of Sophia-Jex Blake, a 19th-century campaigner for women's education.

Maggie Allen's story of Sophia-Jex Blake, a medical pioneer who campaigned for women's education in the 19th century.

Maggie Allen - Not Me, But Us: Edinburgh School of Medicine

03/10/2018

Edinburgh School of Medicine

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Maggie Allen - Not Me, But Us, Edinburgh School of Medicine

Sophia establishes a medical school for women in Edinburgh and a court case follows.

Sophia establishes a medical school for women in Edinburgh and a court case follows. Stars Julia Watson.

With the Edinburgh Hospital for Women and Children established, Sophia's focus returns to education. But her new school sparks a court case.

The true story of late 19th century pioneer Sophia Jex-Blake's in Maggie Allen's ten-part dramatisation. 

Starring Julia Watson as Sophia Jex-Blake; Gavin Muir as Henry Littlejohn; and Teresa Gallagher as Ina Cadell.

Director: Sue Wilson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

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