Mabel Hardie

Mabel Hardie
Mabel Hardie in her first year at Girton College
Born	1866 (1866) Marple, Cheshire, England
Died	1916 (aged 49–50)
Education	MA, MB ChB
Alma mater	Girton College, Cambridge Trinity College Dublin University of Glasgow
Occupation(s)	Physician, Surgeon

Mabel Hardie (1866–1916) was a British physician and surgeon. She was a war surgeon at the Scottish Women's Hospital and is named in the First World War roll of honour.^[1]

Biography

Hardie was born in 1866 at Marple, then in Cheshire, England.^[2][3]

Hardie studied Natural Sciences at Girton College, University of Cambridge, between 1887 and 1890. Because of her work in Cambridge she was awarded an MA by Trinity College Dublin and then went on to train as a doctor at the University of Glasgow, graduating with an MB ChB.^[3][4]

After graduation she was house surgeon at Belgrave Hospital for Children, outdoor doctor and house physician at Leith Hospital, and house surgeon at Glasgow Samaritan Hospital for Women. In November 1907, after a period spent traveling, she settled to a practice at Hampstead.^[4]

She was a member of the West London Ethical Society, a forerunner to Humanists UK.^[5] She refused to pay taxes and had her gold chain and pictures auctioned instead.^[6]

She was arrested for demonstrating in favour of women's suffrage.^[2][3]

When the First World War broke out she joined the Girton and Newnham unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals, which treated soldiers on active service in France. She served at Troyes in Northern France however she returned to London because of poor health. She died of breast cancer in 1916.^[3][7]

References

1. "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Surgeon Mabel Hardie". universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
2. "Dr Mabel Hardie / Database - Women's Suffrage Resources". www.suffrageresources.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
3. "Making a difference". Girton College. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
4. "Votes For Women July 09 1909". digital.library.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
5. "Heroines of freethought: women of the early humanist movement". Humanists UK. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
6. "Other Societies - Women's Tax Resistance League". The Vote. 8 May 1914. p. 45.
7. Cornelis, Marlene (2018). My dears, if you are successful over this work, you will have carried women's profession forward a hundred years: The Case of the Scottish Women's Hospital For Foreign Service. Glasgow: Glasgow University. p. 7.