Complex sentence: Sophia Jex-Blake eventually persuaded Edinburgh University to enrol her and five other women in 1869-the first female medical undergraduates at a British university-though they had to fund their own segregated lectures.
Split into simpler sentences: Sophia Jex-Blake eventually persuaded Edinburgh University to enrol her in 1869. Six other women joined her-the first female medical undergraduates at a British university-though they had to fund their own segregated lectures.