1. Louise McIlroy was both the first woman to be awarded a Doctor of Medicine degree and to register as a research student at the University of Glasgow.
16 Facts About Louise McIlroy
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Louise McIlroy was the first woman medical professor in the United Kingdom.
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Louise McIlroy's father, James, was a general practitioner at Ballycastle.
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Louise McIlroy continued her studies, gaining a DSc from the University of Glasgow in 1910.
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Louise McIlroy commanded the Girton and Newnham unit of the hospital at Domaine de Chanteloup, Sainte-Savine, near Troyes, France before being posted to Serbia and, three years later, Salonika.
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Louise McIlroy finished her war service as a surgeon at a Royal Army Medical Corps hospital in Constantinople.
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Louise McIlroy was the first woman Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the London School of Medicine for Women, becoming the first woman to be appointed a medical professor in the United Kingdom.
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On 7 July 1921, Louise McIlroy delivered a paper at the Medico-Legal Society in London.
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Louise McIlroy retired in 1934, in her own words 'to gain a few years of freedom' although she continued private practice at Harley Street and other hospitals and clinics throughout London.
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Louise McIlroy was the senior obstetrician to the Maternity Hospital for the Wives of Officers, Fulmer Chase.
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Louise McIlroy's particular interest was pre-eclampsia, pain relief during childbirth, managing asphyxia in newborn babies and social issues.
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Louise McIlroy was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 30 March 1920 for her services to medicine and in 1929 she was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Louise McIlroy was elected as a Foundation Fellow to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
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Louise McIlroy received several honorary degrees including a DSc from Belfast of which she was particularly proud.
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Louise McIlroy was an Honorary Fellow of the Liverpool Medical Institution.
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Louise McIlroy died in the Glasgow Hospital on 8 February 1968, aged 93.