In the letter,Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews.Although her letter was not successful,it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews,a distancelearning degree for women.The qualification,which ran from 1877 until the 1930s,gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students.It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892.
Ms JexBlake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874.She was accepted by the University of Berne,where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877.Eventually,she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice.
59.Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted______.
A.to carry out a research project there
B.to set up a medical institute there
C.to study medicine there
D.to deliver lectures there
60.Lis Smith found Sophia's letter to St Andrews University______.
A.by pure chance
B.in the school office
C.with her supporters' help
D.while reading history books
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