Medicine and Misogyny: Janey Jones on The Edinburgh Seven

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We welcome Janey Jones to Book Fringe 2023 to introduce her new book The Edinburgh Seven - a story of the first group of seven women admitted to study towards a degree in medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1869.

Janey takes us through how and why the women, looking for ‘a fair field and no favour’ , were met with derision from some professors and fellow students who resisted their right to be able to practice as doctors, a struggle including legal battles and court cases. The women were eventually forced to leave without their degrees – until they were awarded posthumously in 2019.

Janey is joining Lighthouse as part of this year’s Book Fringe: ALT Edition in partnership with two other Edinburgh indie bookshops – Argonaut and Typewronger.

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Our Speaker

Janey is a graduate of Edinburgh University where she studied English literature and language, as well as History of Art, Geography, Sociology and Philosophy. She is a trained English teacher at senior school level, but has also developed a successful writing career, initially for children and now moving into multiple genres. She lives outside Edinburgh by the sea. Janey has three grown-up sons. She has interests in women's history, film, walking, historical novels and art.