72-74

CHAPTER XIII

"THE NEW WORK" AND MEMORIES

Landed at Newcastle on November 23, 1917--Illness on voyage--Dr.
Ethel Williams's testimony to her fearlessness in facing
death--Triumph in passing--Scenes at funeral in
Edinburgh--Memories 75-78

BIBLIOGRAPHY 79-80

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

DR. ELSIE INGLIS IN 1916, AFTER HER RETURN FROM
SERBIA _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

THE THREE MISS FENDALLS 4
From a picture in the possession of Brigadier-General C. Fendall

ELSIE INGLIS AT THE AGE OF TWO YEARS 7

JOHN FORBES DAVID INGLIS, ELSIE INGLIS'S FATHER 10

THE HOSPICE, HIGH STREET, EDINBURGH 28

ELSIE INGLIS, BY IVAN MESTROVICH 45
In the Scottish National Gallery

ELSIE INGLIS IN AUGUST, 1916, BEFORE LEAVING FOR RUSSIA 58

THE HIGH STREET, LOOKING TOWARDS ST. GILES'S 76

ELSIE INGLIS

CHAPTER I

ELSIE INGLIS

The War.

"Elsie Inglis was one of the heroic figures of the war."[1]

Suffrage.

"During the whole years of the Suffrage struggle, while the National
Union of Women's Suffrage Societies was growing and developing, Dr.
Elsie Inglis stood as a tower of strength, and her unbounded energy and
unfailing courage helped the cause forward in more ways than she knew.
To the London Society she stood out as a supporter of wise councils and
bold measures; time after time, in the decisions of the Union, they
found themselves by her side, and from England to Scotland they learned
to look to her as to a staunch friend.

"Later, when the war transformed the work of the Societies of the Union,
they trusted and followed her still, and it is their comfort now to
think that in all her time of need it was their privilege to support
her."[2]

Medical.

"We medical women in Scotland will miss her very much, for she was
indeed a strong rock amongst us all."[3]

Scottish Women's Hospitals.

"Those who work in the hospitals she founded and for the Units she
commanded, and all who witnessed her labours, feel inspired by her
dauntless example. The character of the Happy Warri