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To Louisa Stevenson   8 April 1871

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

Ap. 8 1871

Madam

I have the honour to acknowledge, on the part of Mrs Darwin & myself, the request that we should agree to our names being added to the General Committee for securing medical education to women.1

I shall be very glad to have my name put down, or that of Mrs Darwin but I should not like both our names to appear.2

With sincere good wishes for the cause you are so generously aiding I beg leave to remain | Madam | your obedient servant | Charles Darwin

LS

1
Stevenson’s letter to CD has not been found. Stevenson was an honorary secretary of the Committee for Securing a Medical Education to the Women of Edinburgh, which was formed in support of Sophia Jex-Blake (ODNB s.v. Stevenson, Louisa; Roberts 1993, pp. 97–100).
2
CD’s name appeared on the committee (Roberts 1993, p. 97).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7669F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7669F