degrees on the Seven’s behalf and who are now forging their own careers in medicine.
Figure 4 The Edinburgh Seven. A reimagining of a Rembrandt painting from 1632 called “The Anatomy Lesson of Nicolaes Tulp.” Those featured are the students who collected the posthumous degrees on the Seven’s behalf: Simran Piya, Megan Cameron, Ella Crowther, Caitlyn Taylor, Izzie Dighero, Mei Yen Liew, Sorna Paramananthan, Liam Parkinson—cadaver, and Alethea Kelsey—teacher. Photographer Laurence Winram. Copyright University of Edinburgh.
Their acts opened up a door to a university education which remains open for thousands of students today. (Kelly, 2019)
There is something very “real and tangibly useful” in doing this work and surfacing these women’s stories, something that remains a er the publishing of a page (Seery, 2017). There’s a lasting sense of pride, satisfaction, and achievement that these stories are out there in the world. And that others will discover them, learn from them, be provoked by them. ese pages will have a life of their own as OERs released into the world and will grow, change, and spark ideas. They may very well even outlive us.
