COVE

I was so proud to see this article in the paper when I picked it up that morning. The fact that we finally have women in the medical field is a major success in terms of women gaining more respect in our society. I am honored that my older sister will be following these great women’s steps by beginning medical school in the fall. My sister has always dreamed of becoming a doctor that will help people who might not be able to afford the proper medical treatment that they need. I hope one day in a few years to follow in my sisters path in starting medical school. She and the women pictured above have been such an inspiration to me by breaking these barriers and changing the way society looks at women. We have been fighting for many years to gain some of these rights to receive a solid education. I find it incredible and satisfying knowing that there are women out there that have completed the necessary education to have a career in the medical field.  I believe that this will be a great inspiration for many young women to follow their dreams and follow any career they desire without any man telling them that they are not able to accomplish it. 

When Mary Scharlieb graduated from the University of London, it changed the course of the New Woman for the better. Many more women were inspired to pursue an education that could lead them to a very bright future with their careers. Scharlieb was an inspiration to many young women by becoming one of the first female doctors in London. She went on to do many great things like opening hospitals in counties in need like India. It was very difficult for Muslim and Hindu women to receive any sort of medical treatment since almost every doctor was a man. She was able to change that by becoming one of the head surgeons at one of the hospitals and helping many women who desperately needed treatment. Mary Louisa Worley attended North London Collegiate and Girton College, which is a part of Cambridge. She then enrolled at the University of London where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics. She also graduated with Honors. Worley went on to take another class at Cambridge and at the University of London. She later received her Master of Arts degree from the University of London. She won a Gold Medal in Classics which was an incredibly big honor. She accomplished all of these milestones at the age of twenty four. Both of these women were some of the first to achieve such great honors in their professions, making them great inspirations for many people who had the same dreams as them.

Picard, Liza. “Education in Victorian Britain.” The British Library, The British Library, 11 Apr. 2014, www.bl.uk/victorian-britain/articles/education-in-victorian-britain.