21 November 1930 (aged 85)
[1] London, England, UK
Alma mater
Madras Medical College
Occupation
Gynaecologist
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Dame Mary Ann Dacomb Scharlieb, DBE (née Bird; 18 June 1845 – 21 November 1930) was a pioneer British female physician and gynaecologist in the late 19th/early 20th centuries.[2] She had worked in India. She was the first female student of medicine at Madras Medical College.
After her graduation and work in India, she went to England to do her Postgraduation in Medicine (gyneacology) and by her persistence she returned to the UK to become a qualified doctor. She returned to Madras and eventually lectured in London. She was the first woman to be elected to the honorary visiting staff of a hospital in the UK[3] and one of the most distinguished women in medicine of her generation.[4]
^"MARY SCHARLIEB, PHYSICIAN, IS DEAD; Pioneer Woman Doctor in India Succumbs at 85 in London - Began Medical Course at 33. HAD LECTURED IN MADRAS Procured Many Reforms for Native Women - Was Made Dame of British Empire in 1926". The New York Times. 22 November 1930.
^Law, Cheryl (2000). Women, A Modern Political Dictionary. I.B.Tauris. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-1-86064-502-0.
^Cite error: The named reference Kinnell_et_al1931 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Jones, Greta (1995). "Women and eugenics in Britain: The case of Mary Scharlieb, Elizabeth Sloan Chesser, and Stella Browne". Annals of Science. 52 (5): 481–502. doi:10.1080/00033799500200361. ISSN 0003-3790. PMID 11640067.
Dame Mary Ann Dacomb Scharlieb, DBE (née Bird; 18 June 1845 – 21 November 1930) was a pioneer British female physician and gynaecologist in the late 19th/early...
member of the Edinburgh Seven lived at 148, Harley Street, London. MaryScharlieb, Dame and pioneer woman doctor had a medical practice and lived at 149...
Company. Madras Medical College was established on 2 February 1835. MaryScharlieb graduated from Madras Medical College in 1878. In 1996, when the metropolis...
27–178. Jones, Greta. "Women and eugenics in Britain: The case of MaryScharlieb, Elizabeth Sloan Chesser, and Stella Browne." Annals of Science 52 no...
improving healthcare and education for the women of India. A visit from Dr. MaryScharlieb, the first female British doctor to practice in India, also mobilized...
Mary Cook, Louisa Lumsden, The Lady St Helier, Anne Smith, Mary Wills 1926: Agnes Hunt, Madge Kendal, Maude Lawrence, Jessie Phipps, MaryScharlieb 1927:...
of the other feminists looking into eugenics at this time, such as MaryScharlieb and Elizabeth Sloan Chesser, believed strongly that reform could be...
in Midwifery in 1877 at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. MaryScharlieb (1845–1930) was a pioneer British female physician, as she was the first...
of more than her share of devoted friends (she was much beloved)". MaryScharlieb described Atkins as "an excellent physician and was able to bring to...
Sophia Jex-Blake wrote of Prideaux's achievements alongside those of MaryScharlieb, who gained a gold medal in obstetrics in 1882, and quoted Gull's speech...
building a ward in the new Royal Free Hospital to be named in memory of MaryScharlieb. In the 1930s she toured the world extensively promoting higher education...
Young Women", by Violet D Swaisland and Mary B Douie, and "What Parents Should Tell Their Children", by MaryScharlieb and Kenneth Wills. The first birth control...
medical training at the London School of Medicine for Women, Bielby and MaryScharlieb, the first female British doctor to practice in India, were received...
country. She had decided to take her skills to India like her role model MaryScharlieb (who had taught her obstetrics and gynaecology). Unusually she opted...
of Sexuality Afevork Ghevre Jesus – Grammatica della lingua amarica MaryScharlieb – The Mother's Guide to the Health and Care of her Children Society...
certain sections of Indian society. This move succeeded and in 1875, MaryScharlieb was admitted to the Madras Medical College as its first woman applicant...
Greta (September 1995). "Women and eugenics in Britain: The case of MaryScharlieb, Elizabeth Sloan Chesser, and Stella Browne". Annals of Science. 52...
opportunities. Ethos: University of Leeds. p. 214. Scharlieb, Mary (1925). Reminiscences. Scharlieb, Mary (14 December 1929). "BMJ obituaries". Br Med J....
purposes. New rules were adopted on 14 June 1907. One woman member, Mary Ann Dacomb Scharlieb of the obstetric and gynaecological section, was listed in the...
Indian Medical Service 1615-1930. London: W. Thacker and Co. p. 344. Scharlieb, Mary (1924). Reminiscences. London: Williams & Norgate. p. 30-31. "India...
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