Alice Moorhead and Emily Thomson
Two of only 101 women doctors in Britain at the time, they set up first at 93 Nethergate and then at 4 Tay Square, where the plaque is situated on a newer building on the same spot – still a… read more
Women Tagged 'Doctor'
Bryson, Dr Elizabeth née Macdonald – Academic, Doctor and Author
Born the fourth of nine children in a very poor Dundee family, she lived in a two-room house. Her mother was a music teacher. At the age of ten she gained a bursary to Harris Academy. In 1892 universities opened… read more
Laird, Elizabeth Matthew – Doctor
Elizabeth was the daughter of A.B. Anderson, chemist. She studied medicine at St Andrews but graduated in Edinburgh because St Andrews didn’t take women for other subjects: the professor ruled that it was “positively indecent to lecture to a woman… read more
Margaret Fairlie
Margaret Fairlie was born in Arbroath and graduated in medicine at St Andrews at a time when it was ‘positively indecent to lecture to a woman in physiology and anatomy’, according to an unnamed professor of the time! She then… read more
Semple, Kirsty – Doctor
Kirsty was born and brought up in Edinburgh, graduating at Surgeon’s Hall. She then went to Harrogate, then came next to Dundee in 1951, where she ran a G.P. practice in Strathmartine Rd until retiring in 1981 on medical advice…. read more
Young, Ruth – Doctor
Ruth was born in Dundee, the daughter of William B. Wilson, a flax merchant. She attended Dundee High School, then went to University College (St Andrews University) where she gained a BSc and to Advanced Medical School Dundee, graduating MB… read more
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