Elsie Inglis - The Woman With the Torch

Eva Shaw McLaren and Eva Shaw Mclaren

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

(4.5 stars; 6 reviews)

This is a brief biography of the Scottish physician and suffragist Dr. Elsie Inglis. Dr. Inglis founded a maternity hospital for the poor in Edinburgh (then known as the Hospice, but later as the Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital), and was known for her charity and willingness to waive fees when patients could not afford her care. She was also a key figure in Scotland's Women's Suffrage Movement. She is best known, however, for founding the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service, which provided staffed teams of female-staffed field hospitals to war zones during World War I. - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi (3 hr 13 min)

Chapters

Preface and Introduction	8:14	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Elsie Inglis Tributes from Various Sources- A Woman of Solved Problems	4:16	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
The Rock From Which She Was Hewn Elsie Ingles the Central Figure on the Stage …	9:11	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
1864-1894 Childhood in India- Friendship With Her Father - Schooldays in Edin…	14:04	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Her Medical Career Fellow Students' and Doctors' Reminiscences - The New Schoo…	16:42	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
The Solved Problems The Problems of the Unmarried Woman - Dr. Inglis's Unpubl…	13:24	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
''Her Children'' Dr. Inglis a Child-Lover - Her Writings Full of Description…	6:59	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
The Hospice Founded 1901 - Description of Premises in the High Street Amongs…	8:25	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
The Suffrage Campaign Justice of Claim Appealed to Dr. Inglis - Worked From …	24:53	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Scottish Women's Hospitals Dr. Inglis at the Outbreak of War. Full of Vigour …	6:46	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Serbia Dreadful Condition of Country - Arrival of Dr. Soltau and Dr. Hutchiso…	35:11	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Russia Dr. Inglis's start for Russia in August, 1916—Unit attached to Serb D…	30:15	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
''If You Want Us Home, Get THEM Out'' Serb Division in unenviable position—Dr…	6:45	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
''The New Work'' and Memories Landed at Newcastle on November 23, 1917—Il…	8:21	Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Reviews

(5 stars)

A.T.

An interesting biography of a remarkable woman. The hospital here in Edinburgh which bore her name until recently now sadly closed (progress?). Very professional reader made this a pleasure to listen to.