Elsie Inglis
| Elsie Maud Inglis | |
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Elsie Inglis
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| Born |
16 August 1864 Naini Tal, India |
| Died | 26 November 1917 (aged 53) Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Other names | The Lady with the Torch |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Doctor |
| Known for | Suffragist; First World War doctor |
Elsie Inglis (16 August 1864 – 26 November 1917) was an innovative Scottish doctor, suffragist, and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals.
She was born in the hill station town of Naini Tal, India, to John Forbes David Inglis who worked in the Indian civil service as Chief Commissioner of Oudh through the East India Company. She had the good fortune to have relatively enlightened parents for the time who considered the education of a daughter as important as that of a son. John used his position in India to “encourage native economic development, spoke out against infanticide and promoted female education." After a private education her decision to study medicine was delayed by her mother's death in 1885, when she felt obliged to stay in Edinburgh with her father. In 1887 the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women was opened by Dr Sophia Jex-Blake and Inglis started her studies there. After founding her own breakaway medical college as a reaction to Jex-Blake's uncompromising ways, she completed her training under Sir William MacEwen at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
She qualified as a licentiate of both the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Edinburgh and the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1892. She was appalled by the general standard of care and lack of specialisation in the needs of female patients but was able to obtain a post at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson's pioneering New Hospital for Women in London, and then at the Rotunda in Dublin, a leading maternity hospital.
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