Opening Gala: First Women of Science | Edinburgh

Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm UTC+01:00

Central Hall Edinburgh | Edinburgh

Edinburgh Science Festival
Publisher/HostEdinburgh Science Festival
Opening Gala: First Women of Science | Edinburgh
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Scotland's past is filled with amazing women who changed the scientific path of history forever.
However, they were rarely recognised in their time. Missing from the pages of their own research, denied the roles that were rightfully theirs and their ideas claimed by others.
Now Scotland feels like it is thriving, women have stepped into the role of First Minister, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. How proud the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to try to study medicine in Edinburgh, would be of the progress that has been made.
But has that progress been enough? Hear from those who have been ‘the first women’ in Scotland as they discuss what it truly means to be the heard voices in a history of hidden voices. Has society really changed that much?
Hosted by former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in conversation with a panel including Astronomer Royal for Scotland Prof Catherine Heymans and author of The Edinburgh Seven Janey Jones.
Presented by Edinburgh Science
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Central Hall Edinburgh, Hide and Seek the Show, West Tollcross, Edinburgh, EH3 9BP, United Kingdom

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