FrontispieceDR. ELSIE INGLISDr. Elsie Inglis, 1916DR. ELSIE INGLIS, 1916
DR. ELSIE INGLIS
Dr. Elsie Inglis, 1916DR. ELSIE INGLIS, 1916
DR. ELSIE INGLIS, 1916
DR. ELSIE INGLISBYLADY FRANCES BALFOURAUTHOR OF ‘THE LIFE OF LADY VICTORIA CAMPBELL’‘LIFE AND LETTERS OF REV. JAMES MACGREGOR, D.D.’WITH ILLUSTRATIONSHODDER AND STOUGHTONLONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
DR. ELSIE INGLIS
BY
LADY FRANCES BALFOUR
AUTHOR OF ‘THE LIFE OF LADY VICTORIA CAMPBELL’
‘LIFE AND LETTERS OF REV. JAMES MACGREGOR, D.D.’
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
TOSERBIAAND THESCOTTISH WOMEN’S HOSPITALSTHAT SERVED AND LOVEDTHEIR BRETHREN1914–1917‘In your patience possess ye your souls.’
TO
SERBIA
AND THE
SCOTTISH WOMEN’S HOSPITALS
THAT SERVED AND LOVED
THEIR BRETHREN
1914–1917
‘In your patience possess ye your souls.’
PREFACEThestory of Elsie Inglis needs little introduction. From first to last she was the woman nobly planned. She achieved what she did because she was ready when the opportunity came. Consistently she had lived her life, doing whatever her hand found to do with all her might, and ever following the light. She had the spirit of her nation and of her race: the spirit of courageous adventure, the love of liberty, and equal freedom for all people.If this memoir represents her faithfully, it is because it has been written among her own family and kindred. Every letter or story of her is part of a consistent whole. Transparently honest, warmly affectioned to all, the record could hardly err if, following exactly her footprints in the sands of time, it presents a portrait of one of old Scotia’s truest daughters. I owe manifold thanks to her sisters, her friends, her patients, above all, to her Units, for the help they have given me in what hasbeen a labour of love and growing respect. She, being dead, yet speaketh; and, while we thank our God for every remembrance of her, we hope that those who are her living memorials, the patients in the Hospice, and the Scottish Women’s Hospitals, will not be forgotten by those who read and pass on the pilgrim way.The design for the book cover has been drawn by Dr. Inglis’ countryman, Mr. Anning Bell. It is the emblem of her nation and of the S.W.H.F. B.
Thestory of Elsie Inglis needs little introduction. From first to last she was the woman nobly planned. She achieved what she did because she was ready when the opportunity came. Consistently she had lived her life, doing whatever her hand found to do with all her might, and ever following the light. She had the spirit of her nation and of her race: the spirit of courageous adventure, the love of liberty, and equal freedom for all people.
If this memoir represents her faithfully, it is because it has been written among her own family and kindred. Every letter or story of her is part of a consistent whole. Transparently honest, warmly affectioned to all, the record could hardly err if, following exactly her footprints in the sands of time, it presents a portrait of one of old Scotia’s truest daughters. I owe manifold thanks to her sisters, her friends, her patients, above all, to her Units, for the help they have given me in what hasbeen a labour of love and growing respect. She, being dead, yet speaketh; and, while we thank our God for every remembrance of her, we hope that those who are her living memorials, the patients in the Hospice, and the Scottish Women’s Hospitals, will not be forgotten by those who read and pass on the pilgrim way.
The design for the book cover has been drawn by Dr. Inglis’ countryman, Mr. Anning Bell. It is the emblem of her nation and of the S.W.H.
F. B.
CONTENTSCHAPTERIPAGEINGLIS OF KINGSMILLS, INVERNESS-SHIRE1CHAPTERIIELSIE MAUD INGLIS17CHAPTERIIITHE LADDER OF LEARNING27CHAPTERIVTHE STUDENT DAYS40CHAPTERVLONDON AND DUBLIN59CHAPTERVIPOLITICAL ENFRANCHISEMENT AND NATIONAL POLITICS82CHAPTERVIITHE PROFESSION AND THE FAITH111CHAPTERVIIIWAR AND THE SCOTTISH WOMEN137CHAPTERIXSERBIA162CHAPTERXRUSSIA191CHAPTERXITHE MOORINGS CUT234