Marion Gilchrist

Marion Gilchrist

Marion Gilchrist was a physician born on February 5th, 1864, in Lanarkshire. She matriculated as an arts student from Queen Margaret College for the Higher Education of Women in Glasgow, with aims to become a teacher.

During her time at Queen Margaret College, she also began to take exams leading to a LLA (Lady Literate in Arts) which was awarded by the University of St Andrews. From 1888 to 1890, she passed in Physiology, French, Botany, Logic, Metaphysics, English, Education and Natural Philosophy, allowing her to gain her LLA in late 1890 which allowed her to enrol in the new medical school at Queen Margaret College.

Her progress throughout higher education was rapid, and she became the first woman to gain a medical degree in Scotland as well as the first female graduate of the university. After obtaining her medical degree, she became a general practitioner in Glasgow specialising in eye diseases. She later also worked in the electrical department at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, becoming head of department in Radiography - the first woman to achieve such a position in a major Scottish teaching hospital.

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