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Mona Chalmers Watson, the Glossary

Alexandra Mary Chalmers Watson CBE, (née Geddes; 31 May 1872 – 7 August 1936), known as Mona Chalmers Watson, was a British physician and head of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.^[1]

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19th-century British women medical doctors
History of medicine in the United Kingdom
Presidents of the Medical Women's Federation
Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps officers

Adjutant general

An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer.

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Anti-suffragism was a political movement composed of both men and women that began in the late 19th century in order to campaign against women's suffrage in countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Appendectomy

An appendectomy (American English) or appendicectomy (British English) is a surgical operation in which the vermiform appendix (a portion of the intestine) is removed.

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Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes

Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes, (21 June 1879 – 8 June 1954) was a British academic, soldier, politician and diplomat.

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Auxiliary Territorial Service

The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS; often pronounced as an acronym) was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War.

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Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

A Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; MBBS, also abbreviated as BM BS, MB ChB, MB BCh, or MB BChir) is a medical degree granted by medical schools or universities in countries that adhere to the United Kingdom's higher education tradition.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.

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British people

British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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Bruntsfield Hospital

Bruntsfield Hospital was a women's hospital based in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Christian Guthrie Wright

Christian Edington Guthrie Wright (19 April 1844 – 24 February 1907) was a Scottish campaigner for women's higher education, co-founder of the Edinburgh School of Cookery which was the forerunner to Queen Margaret University.

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Devonshire House

Devonshire House in Piccadilly, was the London townhouse of the Dukes of Devonshire during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin Medicinae Doctor) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions.

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Douglas Chalmers Watson

Douglas Chalmers Watson (1870 – 7 April 1946) M.D., F.R.C.P.Ed. was a Scottish physician and writer. Mona Chalmers Watson and Douglas Chalmers Watson are 20th-century Scottish medical doctors.

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Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women

The Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women was established by Elsie Inglis and her father John Inglis. Mona Chalmers Watson and Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women are history of medicine in the United Kingdom.

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Edinburgh Seven

The Edinburgh Seven were the first group of matriculated undergraduate female students at any British university. Mona Chalmers Watson and Edinburgh Seven are 19th-century Scottish medical doctors and history of medicine in the United Kingdom.

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) was an English physician and suffragist.

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Elsie Inglis

Eliza Maud "Elsie" Inglis (16 August 1864 – 26 November 1917) was a Scottish medical doctor, surgeon, teacher, suffragist, and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. Mona Chalmers Watson and Elsie Inglis are 19th-century Scottish medical doctors, 20th-century Scottish medical doctors, 20th-century Scottish women medical doctors and Scottish suffragists.

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Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital

The Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital was a maternity hospital in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Eric Geddes

Sir Eric Campbell Geddes (26 September 1875 – 22 June 1937) was a British businessman and Conservative politician.

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First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) (FANY (PRVC)) is a British independent all-female registered charity formed in 1907 and active in both nursing and intelligence work during the World Wars.

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Force-feeding

Force-feeding is the practice of feeding a human or animal against their will.

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Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, (née Fraser; 21 January 1879 – 26 August 1967) was a prominent English botanist and mycologist. Mona Chalmers Watson and Helen Gwynne-Vaughan are Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps officers.

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Hunger strike

A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance where participants fast as an act of political protest, usually with the objective of achieving a specific goal, such as a policy change.

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Imperial War Museum

Imperial War Museums (IWM), is a British national museum.

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Jessie MacLaren MacGregor

Jessie MacLaren MacGregor (7 May 1863 – 22 March 1906) was one of the first women to be awarded an MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1899. Mona Chalmers Watson and Jessie MacLaren MacGregor are 19th-century Scottish medical doctors, 20th-century Scottish medical doctors and 20th-century Scottish women medical doctors.

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John Inglis (civil servant)

John Forbes David Inglis (5 August 1820 – 13 March 1894) was an East India Company civil servant, who became Chief Commissioner of Oudh in North India.

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Louisa Garrett Anderson

Louisa Garrett Anderson, CBE (28 July 1873 – 15 November 1943) was a medical pioneer, a member of the Women's Social and Political Union, a suffragette, and social reformer. Mona Chalmers Watson and Louisa Garrett Anderson are 20th-century British women medical doctors.

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Louisa Stevenson

Louisa Stevenson (15 July 1835 – 13 May 1908) was a Scottish campaigner for women's university education, women's suffrage and effective, well-organised nursing. Mona Chalmers Watson and Louisa Stevenson are Scottish suffragists.

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Mary Adamson Anderson Marshall

Mary Adamson Marshall (Anderson; 1837–1910) was a physician and a member of the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Mona Chalmers Watson and Mary Adamson Anderson Marshall are 19th-century Scottish medical doctors.

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Medical Women's Federation

The Medical Women's Federation is the largest UK body of women doctors.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Millicent Fawcett

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English political activist and writer.

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Nevil Macready

General Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet, (7 May 1862 – 9 January 1946), known affectionately as Make-Ready (close to the correct pronunciation of his name), was a British Army officer.

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North Berwick

North Berwick (Bearaig a Tuath) is a seaside town and former royal burgh in East Lothian, Scotland.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Perth, Scotland

Perth (Scottish English:; Peairt) is a centrally located Scottish city, on the banks of the River Tay.

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Plaistow, Newham

Plaistow is a suburban area of East London, England, within the London Borough of Newham.

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Queen Margaret University

Queen Margaret University (Oilthigh Bànrigh Mairead) is a university founded in 1875 and currently located in Musselburgh, East Lothian.

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Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), known as Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) from 9 April 1918, was the women's corps of the British Army during and immediately after the First World War.

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Representation of the People Act 1918

The Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64) was an act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland.

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Rolvenden

Rolvenden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England.

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Sophia Jex-Blake

Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake (21 January 1840 – 7 January 1912) was an English physician, teacher, and feminist.

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St Andrews

St Andrews (S.; Saunt Aundraes; Cill Rìmhinn, pronounced) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh.

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St Leonards School

St Leonards School is a co-educational private boarding and day school for pupils aged 4–19 in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Suffragette

A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom.

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The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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War Office

The War Office has referred to several British government organisations in history, all relating to the army.

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Women's Emergency Corps

The Women's Emergency Corps was a service organisation founded in 1914 by Evelina Haverfield, Decima Moore, and the Women's Social and Political Union to contribute to the war effort of the United Kingdom in World War I. The corps was intended to train woman doctors, nurses and motorcycle messengers.

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Women's History Review

Women's History Review is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal of women's history published by Routledge.

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Women's Royal Army Corps

The Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC; sometimes pronounced acronymically as, a term unpopular with its members) was the corps to which all women in the British Army belonged from 1949 to 1992 except medical, dental and veterinary officers and chaplains, who belonged to the same corps as the men; the Ulster Defence Regiment, which recruited women from 1973, and nurses, who belonged to Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Chalmers_Watson

Also known as Alexandra Chalmers Watson, Alexandra Mary Chalmers Watson, Chalmers Watson, Mona Geddes.

, Women's Royal Army Corps, World War I, World War II.

Mona Chalmers Watson, the Glossary

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See also

19th-century British women medical doctors

History of medicine in the United Kingdom

Presidents of the Medical Women's Federation

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps officers

References