Workshop with Golden Years members at St Pancras Communnity Association October 2022

What professions do you think women in 19th century England could enter?
What were expectations on women then?
What can you tell about this woman from the image?
How have things changed?

This image is Sophia Jex Blake, an important reformer fighting for women’s equal rights to training, qualifications and employment as doctors.
See Women in Medicine in 19th Century England