pioneer of Scottish Women's Hospitals abroad

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Elsie Inglis

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Doctor
Dates: 
Born 16 August 1864, died 26 November 1917

Elsie Inglis was the daughter of Harriet Thompson, and John Forbes Inglis, magistrate. She attended the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women and later worked as a house surgeon in the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital for Women in London. After gaining midwifery experience at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, she set up medical practice in Edinburgh in 1894 in partnership with Jessie McGregor. In 1899 she gained her MBChM from the University of Edinburgh.

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Detail from the Great Tapestry of Scotland
Sources
The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women.
Based on an entry by Helen Dingwal
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
The picture is a panel of the Great Tapestry of Scotland
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