 30 Chambers Street, Edinburgh. The building which housed the College of Medicine for Women was demolished and replaced in 1927 by this building, the former Edinburgh Dental Hospital | |
| Active | 1889–1916 |
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Parent institution | Scottish Association for the Medical Education of Women |
The Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women was established by Elsie Inglis and her father John Inglis. Elsie Inglis went on to become a leader in the suffrage movement and found the Scottish Women's Hospital organisation in World War I, but when she jointly founded the college she was still a medical student. Her father, John Inglis, had been a senior civil servant in India, where he had championed the cause of education for women. On his return to Edinburgh he became a supporter of medical education for women and used his influence to help establish the college. The college was founded in 1889 at a time when women were not admitted to university medical schools in the UK.