🫶🏼 Happy International Women’s Day! 🫶🏼
This year we thought it fitting to pay homage to Aleen Cust, the world’s first registered Female Veterinary Surgeon. Despite the Veterinary profession being founded in 1762, it wasn’t until 1922 that it was finally legal for women to achieve MRCVS status.
Aleen Cust had actually already been practising as a very successful Vet for 22 years prior to this, despite not having been eligible to register with the RCVS.
✊🏼 We stand on the shoulders of women like Aleen, and thank them for breaking the mould, proving that this ‘hard, physical and dangerous labour’ is not just for men. ✊🏼
🥂 Here’s to all women — past, present and future — that fight to achieve their full potential at a time where their gender was the only thing ‘holding them back’. Cheers! ✨