Tag: Dr Elsie Inglis
Sculptor appointed to create Elsie Inglis statue
Sculptor Alexander Stoddart will create the first statue of a woman to be erected on the High Street in Edinburgh. Stoddart's two statues of David Hume and Adam Smith are already in place...
Yes there will be a statue for Elsie Inglis in Edinburgh – hopes that...
Thanks to the determined fundraising efforts of Team Elsie, there is now (almost) enough money to appoint a sculptor to create a statue for Dr Elsie Inglis, the First World War medical pioneer and...
The Statue for Elsie Inglis campaign is closing in on their fundraising target
The team of volunteers behind the Statue for Elsie Inglis campaign have raised £33,000 of their goal of £50,000 with a range of events held in March.
Now with £25,000 in the bank and a further...
Commemorating Dr Elsie Inglis in Edinburgh this month
When the First World War began, Dr Elsie Inglis offered to set up a fully equipped medical unit staffed by women for the war front. She was told by the British War Office, "Dear...
Dr Elsie Inglis remembered at St Andrews
Six beaches across Scotland were chosen as locations for Danny Boyle’s special project commemorating the end of First World War: St Ninian’s Isle beach in Shetland, West Sands in St Andrews, Scapa beach in...
Letter from Scotland
This week we’ve been asking ourselves: is Scotland’s fairly new national police force in crisis ? Certainly a policeman’s lot is not a happy one at the moment…whether you are one of the five...
Dr Elsie Inglis commemorated
It is one hundred years ago today since the funeral of Dr Elsie Inglis was held in Edinburgh.
Earlier The Princess Royal and The First Minister the Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon attended a thanksgiving service...
VIDEO – Dr Elsie Inglis – centenary of the death of an inspiring woman
It is now 100 years since Dr Elsie Inglis died and her work and life are being marked this week with a variety of events. This will culminate in a Service of Thanksgiving on...
Centenary of Dr Elsie Inglis death to be honoured
WW1 reenactor Ailsa Clarke from Edinburgh, dressed in a replica uniform worn by doctors in the Scottish Women’s Hospitals, reflects on the life of Dr Elsie Inglis.
Ailsa paid her respects ahead of a private...
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