Agnes McLaren

Wikipedia Biographical Summary

"Agnes McLaren (4 July 1837 – 17 April 1913)[1] was a respected Scottish doctor who was the first to give medical assistance to women in India who, because of custom, were unable to get medical help from male doctors...

...McLaren was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. The daughter of Duncan McLaren, a Presbyterian businessman and politician, she entered the school of medicine at the University of Montpellier in 1876, eventually becoming only the tenth woman in Britain to graduate as a doctor. By 1882, she was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and set up a practice in Cannes around 1879."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Agnes McLaren', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 20 September 2012, 17:22 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agnes_McLaren&oldid=51374...> [accessed 9 November 2012]