British Heroines of the First Word War in Serbia

Category

Library Item

Item no

40177

Title

British Heroines of the First Word War in Serbia envelope

Description

Set of stamps issued by Serbian Post to celebrate the efforts of the Scottish Women's Hospitals in Serbia.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

2015

Size

16.2 x 22.9 cm

Type

Paper

In December 2015 the British Embassy teamed up with Serbian Post to celebrate the efforts of the SWH. The stamps are part of a wider campaign by the British Embassy in Belgrade aimed at highlighting more than 600 British women who contributed to the war effort in Serbia. Five women who worked as doctors, nurses and drivers feature on the new stamps. A sixth English woman, Captain Flora Sandes, who was the only British female to bear arms during WW1, is also remembered.
The five Scots are:
Evelina Haverfield - British suffragette and humanitarian worker. She was the chief administrator of Scottish Women Hospitals in Serbia and set up one of the first local orphanages.

Dr Elsie Inglis - campaigner for women's suffrage and the founder of the Scottish Women Hospitals in Serbia. Dr Inglis was one of the first female graduates at the University of Edinburgh.

Dr Elizabeth Ross - one of the first women to obtain a medical degree at the University of Glasgow. She travelled to Serbia as a volunteer and tragically passed away during the typhoid epidemic in 1915.

Dr Katherine MacPhail OBE - involved in humanitarian work in Serbia throughout WW1. She is remembered for opening the first paediatric ward in Belgrade in 1921.

Dr Isabel Emslie Galloway Hutton - joined the Scottish Women Hospitals as a volunteer in 1915 after she was turned away by the War Office in London. She served in France, Greece and Serbia until 1920.

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Healthcare and welfare > Healthcare and welfare facilities > Scottish Women's Hospitals

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