Elizabeth Margaret Pace

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Elizabeth Margaret Pace - Wikipedia

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Elizabeth Pace

Born	1866 (1866) Lambeth, London, England
Died	1957 (aged 90–91) St Andrews, Scotland
Alma mater	London School of Medicine for Women
Occupation	Doctor
Medical career
Field	Obstetrics

Dr Elizabeth Pace (1866 - 1957) was a Scottish medical doctor, suffragist and advocate for women's health and women's rights.

Early life and education

Elizabeth Margaret Pace was born in Brixton in 1866 to Margaret Gibb and Thomas Richard Pace, a leather manufacturer, the eldest of four children. She attended Clapham High School.^[1] In 1884, she matriculated in the London School of Medicine for Women. She graduated in 1891.^[2] In 1892, she was presented to the chancellor at Burlington House, where she was noted for having an award in obstetrics.^[3]

Career

During her career, she worked in a number of institutions, in London, Glasgow and Scotland,^[2] including:

New Hospital for Women
Gynecology department, Bellahoustoun Dispensary
Glasgow Lock Hospital
Victoria Infirmary Dispensary
Glasgow Women's Private Hospital
St Margaret's School, Polmont

She was involved in a number of organisations with charitable aims, with a particular focus on women's work and health, many alongside her housemate, and colleague, Dr Alice McLaren. In 1893, she was elected honorary member and medical officer of the Ancient Order of Foresters, a friendly society. She was also associated with the Scottish Women's Benefit Association,^[4] and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Co-operation for Trained Nurses.^[5] She was a member of the Glasgow Obstetric and Gynecological Society.^[6] In 1902, she was involved in founding the Glasgow Women's Private Hospital alongside Alice McLaren. She retired from the hospital in 1908, but "she retained her interest in the hospital and remained on the executive committee."^[7]

She lectured on various subjects related to health, in institutions such as John Street public school, with Dr Alice McLaren;^[8] Kilmarnock school board,^[9] and the Logan and Johnston school of domestic economy in Bridgeton.^[10] She had a particular interest in temperance, speaking at a conference on the subject, alongside Sophia Jex-Blake.^[11] She also spoke on the importance of exercise for women.^[12]^[13]

She was a founder member of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage.^[14]

Personal life

During her time in Glasgow, she shared a house with Dr Alice McLaren at 7 Newton Place. She married Andrew Maitland Ramsay in 1907.^[15] She died in St Andrews in 1957.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ University of London Student Records 1836-1936, Senate House Library. 1884.
^ ^a ^b The Medical Directory. 1900.
^ "A large number of the graduates of the". Glasgow Herald. 12 May 1892. Retrieved 16 June 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Scottish Women's Benefit Society". Glasgow Herald. 20 November 1893. Retrieved 14 June 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Glasgow and West of Scotland Co-Operation for Trained Nurses". Glasgow Herald. 5 October 1894. Retrieved 14 June 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Medical Directory. 1895.
^ Menzies Campbell, Margaret (1948). Campbell, Margaret Menzies (1948) Three Scottish Women's Hospitals from their foundation until 1948. Bruntsfield Hospital, Edinburgh. Dundee Private Hospital for Women. Glasgow [Redlands] Private Hospital.
^ "School Board of Glasgow". Glasgow Herald. 30 October 1895. Retrieved 14 June 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald". 17 January 1896.
^ "The Logan and Johnston School". Glasgow Herald. 26 January 1898. Retrieved 15 June 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "The Conference of Women Workers". Leeds Mercury. 26 October 1894. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
^ "Dundee Evening Telegraph". 29 July 1904. p. 4.
^ "Northern Whig". 29 July 1904. p. 10.
^ King, Elspeth (1978). The Scottish Women's Suffrage Movement / ... compiled by Elspeth King to accompany the Government sponsored 'Right to Vote' exhibition organised to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, from 9th September- 7th October 1978, Peoples Palace Museum, Glasgow Green.
^ "Concerning Women". Altoona Tribune. 12 October 1906. Retrieved 16 June 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

Women's suffrage in Scotland

Organisations

Campaigners

Suffragists	Wilhelmina Hay Abbott Jane Arthur Mary Anne Baikie Mary Bell Nannie Brown Mary Burton Edward Caird Jane Clapperton Jessie Craigen Muriel Craigie Mary Crudelius Margaret C. Davidson John McAusland Denny Helen Fraser Elizabeth Finlayson Gauld Edith Hacon Mary Henderson Elsie Inglis Margaret Irwin Christina Jamieson Jessie Keppie Harriet Leisk Anna Lindsay Thomas Martin Lindsay Louisa Lumsden Ann Macbeth Louisa Macdonald Chrystal MacMillan Alice McLaren Sarah Mair Lavinia Malcolm Flora Masson Lilly Maxwell Isabella Fyvie Mayo Frances Melville Graham Moffat Mary Murdoch (Hull) Eunice Murray Frances Murray Sylvia Murray Margaret Mylne Jessie Newbery Grace Paterson Elizabeth Pease Nichol Elizabeth Margaret Pace Emily Rosaline Orme Jane Rae Marion Kirkland Reid Jessie Saxby Frances Simson Mary Anderson Snodgrass Jessie M. Soga Mary Somerville Catherine Helen Spence Flora Stevenson Louisa Stevenson Charlotte Carmichael Stopes Annie S. Swan Jane Taylour Muriel Thompson Isabella Tod Eliza Wigham Jane Wigham
Suffragettes	Janie Allan Mary Sophia Allen Helen Archdale Janet Barrowman Edith Marian Begbie Catherine Hogg Blair Jane Esdon Brailsford Lucy Burns Isabella Carrie Dorothea Chalmers Smith Lila Clunas Catherine Corbett Annie Walker Craig Helen Crawfurd Agnes Dollan Marion Wallace Dunlop Flora Drummond Louise Eates Maude Edwards Margaret Milne Farquharson Ellison Scotland Gibb Margaret Skirving Gibb Marion Gilchrist Frances Graves Mary Pollock Grant Laura Grey Marion Grieve Florence Haig Edith Hudson Agnes Husband Maud Joachim Mabel Jones Alice Stewart Ker Isabella Leitch Mary Macarthur Agnes Syme Macdonald Florence Macfarlane Margaret Macfarlane Jenny McCallum Priscilla Bright McLaren Frances McPhun Margaret McPhun Mary Maloney Jessie C. Methven Maggie Moffat Ethel Moorhead Anna Munro Flora Murray Helen Ogston Adela Pankhurst Frances Parker Isabella Bream Pearce Caroline Phillips Mary Phillips Annot Robinson Amy Sanderson Arabella Scott Muriel Scott Maud Arncliffe Sennett Margaret Skinnider Georgiana Solomon and her daughter Daisy Solomon Barbara Steel Jessie Stephen Elizabeth and Agnes Thomson Bessie Watson Mona Chalmers Watson Helen Wilkie or Annot Robinson Henria Leech Williams
Others	Rachel Cook Helen Cruickshank Margaret Neill Fraser Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon Frances Ivens Jennie Lee Agnes McLaren Helen Matthews
Anti-suffrage activists	Lady Griselda Cheape Violet Graham, Duchess of Montrose

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Art, culture and
commemoration

Holloway Jingles
Hunger Strike Medal
The Suffrage Oak
The Suffragette Handkerchief
WSPU Holloway Prisoners Banner
War Song Justice for Ever
Scotland's Suffragette Trumps cards and Scotland's Suffrage History Education Packs, produced by Protests and Suffragettes