Eliza Maud "Elsie" Inglis was a Scottish medical doctor, surgeon, teacher, suffragist, and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. She was the first woman to hold the Serbian Order of the White Eagle.
Elsie Inglis
Bronze bust of Elsie Inglis by Ivan Meštrović 1918, SNPG
Plaque marking Elsie Inglis's surgery, Walker Street, Edinburgh
Executive Committee of the Scottish Federation of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in 1913 (fourth from left at front?)
Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service
The Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Services (SWH) was founded in 1914. It was led by Dr Elsie Inglis and provided nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, cooks and orderlies. By the end of World War I, 14 medical units had been outfitted and sent to serve in Corsica, France, Malta, Romania, Russia, Salonika and Serbia.
Dr Elsie Inglis
Dr Frances Ivens inspecting a French patient at the Scottish Women's Hospital at Royaumont. Painting by Norah Neilson Gray.
Women of the Sixth (American) Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospital at Ostrovo