麻豆约拍

It's 1870.

Finally permitted to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Sophia starts classes with six other women.

But they face financial pressures and abuse, when male students riot over a mixed class.

True story of the late 19th century medical pioneer, Sophia-Jex Blake, who campaigned for women's education.

Dramatised by Maggie Allen

Sophia Jex-Blake ... Julia Watson
Mrs Jex-Blake ... Tina Gray
Elizabeth Garret Anderson ... Michelle Newell
Henry Fawcett MP ... Richard Derrington
Alexander Russel ... David Bannerman
Professor Masson ... Ian Brooker
Mrs Masson ... Sharon Baylis
Edith Pechey ... Susan Jeffrey
Prof Christison ... Bob Doherty
Prof Crum Brown ... Nell Bett
Dr Anstie ... Clifford Rose
Mr Norton .... Christopher Scott

Director: Sue Wilson.

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in December 2001.