Poll: Favorite “Edinburgh Seven” Name?

The Edinburgh Seven was a group of seven women — Sophia Jex-Blake, Edith Pechey, Isabel Thorne, Emily Bovell, Helen Evans, Matilda Chaplin, and Mary Anderson — who were the first women to matriculate at any British university.

They began studying medicine at University of Edinburgh in 1869, but they faced a great deal of discrimination, including a riot during which they were pelted with mud.

Ultimately, they were not allowed to graduate in Scotland. (Five of the seven did go on to earn MD’s abroad — three in Paris, two in Bern.) It wasn’t until 1892 that Scottish universities finally began to admit female students.

Which Edinburgh Seven name do you like best?

Sources: Sophia Jex-Blake and the Edinburgh Seven – The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Seven – Wikipedia