Abstract
This article explores the barriers preventing women from entering the surgical profession in the 19th century and the ingenious ways in which women overcame them. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson is known as the first woman in Britain to qualify as a doctor. What is less well known is that she also waged a 45-year battle with The Royal College of Surgeons of England over the admission of women to surgical examinations, which is documented in the College archive. The history of women's entry into the surgical profession.
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