Early women doctors in Orkney

We know much about Beatrice Garvie, who was doctor on North Ronaldsay in the 1930’s and 40's. See In Search of Beatrice Garvie to find out more. But did you know there were at least fifty women doctors in Orkney in the period up to 1948? We currently have a small display of items we hold relating to just a few of these remarkable women, and this blog accompanies it. [This exhibition is now over]…