The
University of Glasgow's first woman graduate and the first woman to
graduate in medicine in Scotland. She specialised in ophthalmology and
undertook all the work of the eye department of the Victoria Infirmary
during WW1. She was also the first woman Chairman of the Glasgow division
of the BMA and an enthusiastic supporter of the women's suffrage movement
.
Photograph courtesy of University of Glasgow Archive Services
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The
University of Glasgow's first woman graduate and the first woman to
graduate in medicine in Scotland. She specialised in ophthalmology and
undertook all the work of the eye department of the Victoria Infirmary
during WW1. She was also the first woman Chairman of the Glasgow division
of the BMA and an enthusiastic supporter of the women's suffrage movement
. 