Our next meeting will be on Thursday 5th December in the Park Centre, 45 Kerr Street, Kirkintilloch at 7:30pm. Elaine Morrison and Carol Parry will give a talk on the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service - Girton and Newnham Unit - 1915-1918. The Scottish Women’s Hospitals were organised, run and staffed by women during the First World War to provide surgical and medical care to sick and wounded Allied soldiers. The Girton and Newham Unit served in France, Serbia and Greece. The inspirational women involved showed great courage both personally and professionally.
Elaine Morrison is a retired Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist. She was the Honorary Librarian at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow for two terms and continues as a Senior Fellow. She is currently a member of the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine’s Council. She has a particular interest in the history of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals and, the lives & work of the early women doctors.
Carol Parry is an archivist by training and is Honorary Librarian at the Trades House of Glasgow. She was formerly the Library and Heritage Manager at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. She was Editor of Scottish Archives, the journal of the Scottish Records Association, from 2012–2023 and is a former Secretary of the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine.
