Elizabeth Bielby

Elizabeth Bielby was a nineteenth-century British physician and medical missionary. She petitioned Queen Victoria for a women's medical service for India and was instrumental in the foundation of the Countess of Dufferin Fund. After completing her medical training at the London School of Medicine for Women, Bielby and Mary Scharlieb, the first female British doctor to practice in India, were received by the Queen. Bielby presented her with the locket from the Maharani of Punna.In response, Queen Victoria wrote back to the Maharani saying:

Elizabeth Bielby

Elizabeth Bielby was a nineteenth-century British physician and medical missionary. She petitioned Queen Victoria for a women's medical service for India and was instrumental in the foundation of the Countess of Dufferin Fund. After completing her medical training at the London School of Medicine for Women, Bielby and Mary Scharlieb, the first female British doctor to practice in India, were received by the Queen. Bielby presented her with the locket from the Maharani of Punna.In response, Queen Victoria wrote back to the Maharani saying: