ELSIE INGLIS

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ELSIE INGLIS

AFTER HER RETURN FROM SERBIA IN 1916

PIONEERS OF PROGRESS

WOMEN

Edited by ETHEL M. BARTON

ELSIE INGLIS

THE WOMAN WITH THE TORCH

BY

EVA SHAW McLAREN

WITH A PREFACE BY

LENA ASHWELL

LONDON
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1920

TO

AMY SIMSON

SYLLABUS OF CHAPTERS

CHAPTER I

ELSIE INGLIS

Tributes from various sources—A woman of solved problems

CHAPTER II

THE ROCK FROM WHICH SHE WAS HEWN

Elsie Inglis the central figure on the stage—Men and women of the past, the people of her race, crowd round her—Their influence on her—Their spirit seen in hers

CHAPTER III

1864-1894

Childhood in India—Friendship with her father—Schooldays in Edinburgh—Death of her mother—Study of Medicine—Death of her father—Practice started in Edinburgh in 1894—Twenty years of professional life: interests, friendships—Varied Descriptions of Dr. Inglis by Miss S. E. S. Mair and Dr. Beatrice Russell

CHAPTER IV

HER MEDICAL CAREER

Fellow-students' and doctors' reminiscences—The New School of Medicine for Women in Edinburgh—The growth of her practice—Her sympathy with her poor patients—The founding of The Hospice—Some characteristics

CHAPTER V

THE SOLVED PROBLEMS

The problems of the unmarried woman—Dr. Inglis's unpublished novel, The Story of a Modern Woman—Quotations from the novel—Many parts of novel evidently autobiographical—Heroine in novel solves the problem of "the lonely woman"

CHAPTER VI

"HER CHILDREN"

Dr. Inglis a child-lover—Her writings full of the descriptions of children—Quotations from the novel

CHAPTER VII

THE HOSPICE

Founded 1901—Description of premises in the High Street amongst the poor of Edinburgh—Dr. Inglis's love for The Hospice

CHAPTER VIII

THE SUFFRAGE CAMPAIGN

Justice of claim appealed to Dr. Inglis—Worked from constitutional point of view—Founding of Scottish Federation of Suffrage Societies—Dr. Inglis's activities for the cause—Tributes from women who worked with her—Description of meeting addressed by her

CHAPTER IX

SCOTTISH WOMEN'S HOSPITALS

Dr. Inglis at the outbreak of war: Full of vigour and enthusiasm—Idea mooted at Federation Committee Meeting—Rapid growth—Hospitals in the field in December

CHAPTER X

SERBIA

Dreadful condition of country—Arrival of Dr. Soltau and Dr. Hutchison and Unit—Dr. Inglis's arrival in May, 1915—Fountain at Mladanovatz—Letter from officer who designed fountain—Dr. Inglis and her Unit taken prisoners in November—Account of work at Krushevatz—Release in February, 1916—Tributes from Miss Christitch and Lieut.-Colonel Popovitch

CHAPTER XI

RUSSIA

Dr. Inglis's start for Russia in August, 1916—Unit attached to Serb Division near Odessa—Three weeks' work at Medjidia—Retreat to Braila—Order of three retreats—Work at Reni—Description of Dr. Inglis by one of her Unit—Account of her last Communion

CHAPTER XII

"IF YOU WANT US HOME, GET THEM OUT"

Serb Division in unenviable position—Dr. Inglis's determination to save them from wholesale slaughter—Hard work through summer months to achieve their safety—Efforts crowned with success—Left for England in October,