Elsie Inglis
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 106 years ago |
Date of birth | August 16,1864 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Nainital |
India | |
Date of died | November 26,1917 |
Died | Newcastle Upon Tyne |
United Kingdom | |
Parents | Harriet Thompson |
John Forbes David Inglis | |
Buried | Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
Books | Between the Lines: Letters and Diaries from Elsie Inglis's Russian Unit |
Job | Physician |
Education | The University of Edinburgh |
University of Glasgow | |
Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women | |
Rest place | Dean cemetery |
Known for | First World War |
Other name | The Woman with the Torch |
Place of burial | Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 569649 |
Elsie Inglis Life story
Eliza Maud "Elsie" Inglis was a Scottish medical doctor, surgeon, teacher, suffragist, and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. She was the first woman to hold the Serbian Order of the White Eagle.
Charity apologises over feminist Elsie Inglis statue row
...By Angie BrownBBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporterThe charity planning an Edinburgh statue in honour of the feminist Dr Elsie Inglis has apologised for the way it handled the scrapping of a competition to find an artist...
Great niece backs sculptor in row over feminist Elsie Inglis statue
...By Angie BrownBBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporterThe great-great niece of feminist Dr Elsie Inglis says she is delighted the Royal sculptor has been chosen to make her statue - despite a bitter row over its commissioning process...
Campaign for sculpture of feminist Elsie Inglis is 'paused' after row
...The campaign to make an Edinburgh sculpture in honour of the feminist Dr Elsie Inglis has been paused...
Campaign for sculpture of feminist Elsie Inglis is 'paused' after row
The Campaign to make an Edinburgh sculpture in honour of The feminist Dr Elsie Inglis has been paused.
It Follows a row after trustees commissioned a male sculptor who had not entered a submission to make The Statue .
The Move caused uproar from artists on Social Media .
Trustees said " The Level of vitriol directed by some contributors" was " bordering on The defamatory" and have now temporarily stopped The Campaign .
The Row started after The Charity trustees planning The Statue on The Royal Mile cancelled their contest to find an artist and appointed The Royal sculptor Alexander Stoddart instead.
It said The rethink came after watching The Queen 's cortege in Edinburgh last month saying The Statue " needed to meet with The historical consciousness of The Royal Mile ".
However, artists criticised The decision by The The Charity , which raised over £50,000, saying it ignored its own competition rules.
Sculptors, some of whom had spent hundreds of hours on their competition entries, insisted The Move was " wrong" and " unfair".
Negative feedbackEdinburgh author, Sara Sheridan , who wrote a book about female statues titled 'Where are The Women ?' has been a big campaigner for a sculpture of Elsie Inglis in Edinburgh.
She Said : " It is with great sadness that I no longer feel it would be authentic for me to actively campaign for this cause. I would, however, reinstate my support if The trustees can resolve The Situation . "
The Charity , A Statue for Elsie Inglis , said: " The reaction to our decision has comprised both positive support and negative but what's concerning is The Level of vitriol directed by some of The contributors, which is bordering on The defamatory.
" Given this position, The trustees have taken The decision to pause The Process and reflect on both The positive and negative feedback, received, particularly from our supporters to date, to consider our options and will make further comment After This period of reflection. "
It is understood Mr Stoddart - The King 's Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland - is still to take on The Commission .
Natasha Phoenix, an artist Who Said she worked for 650 hours on a proposal for The Statue competition, criticised The trustees for pausing The Campaign .
She Said : " It's another action that's not transparent, hasn't been explained and shows a complete lack of comprehension as to how The General Public feel about this.
" The trustees are acting in a bubble of their own making and imagining that this furore on Social Media will just disappear. "
Dr Inglis, who was born to a wealthy family in 1864, established maternity services for poor women in Edinburgh.
When World War One began in 1914 she wanted to work on The Front Line ,
However, Britain's allies allowed her to help and she Set Up 17 Scottish Women's Hospitals for injured soldiers across Europe.
Along with colleagues and associates from The suffragist movement, she raised The equivalent of £53m in today's money to buy medical equipment to help those on The Front Line .
Source of news: bbc.com