but charlotte had been practising without a licence.she had 14 a doctor's licence in both montreal and winnipeg,but was 15 .the manitoba college of physicians and surgeons,an all-male board,wanted her to 16 her studies at a canadian medical college!charlotte refused to 17 her patients to spend time studying what she already knew.so in 1887,she appealed to the manitoba legislature to 18 a licence to her but they,too,refused.charlotte 19 to practise without a licence until 1912.she died four years later at the age of 73.