Dr Ruth Young

• Reference:GB 254 MS 31
• Dates of Creation:1934-1945
• Name of Creator:
  Dr Ruth Young
• Physical Description:
  0.10 linear metres

• Scope and Content

  Journals of journeys to the Far East, Middle East, India, Ethiopia, Canada and United States 1934-1945; reports 1943

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Dr Ruth Young was born in Dundee on 26 January, 1884, daughter of William B. Wilson, flax merchant, Dundee. She was educated at Dundee High School and went on to obtain a BSc at the University College, Dundee (St. Andrews University) in 1907 and an MB ChB from the Advanced Medical School, Dundee, in 1909. After postgraduate study in Vienna and Dresden, she went to India to take up a position as a lecturer at the Women's Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, from 1910 until 1916, before spending a year as Professor of Surgery at Lady Hardinge Medical College in Delhi. In 1917 she married C.B. Young. She then did voluntary work, chiefly in maternity and child welfare, until 1925, when she became Personal Assistant to the Chief Medical Officer, Women's Medical Service of India. She was awarded the M.B.E. in 1928. In 1931, she became the director of the Maternity and Child Welfare Bureau of the Indian Red Cross Society, and in 1936, she took up position as the Principal of Lady Hardinge Medical College, holding the post until 1940. In 1941, she was awarded the C.B.E. Two years later she travelled to Ethiopia to advise the Ethiopian Women's Work Association on welfare work. She retired in 1951. Ruth Young died in Edinburgh on 2 December, 1983.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

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• Acquisition Information

  unknown

• Note

  Dr Ruth Young was born in Dundee on 26 January, 1884, daughter of William B. Wilson, flax merchant, Dundee. She was educated at Dundee High School and went on to obtain a BSc at the University College, Dundee (St. Andrews University) in 1907 and an MB ChB from the Advanced Medical School, Dundee, in 1909. After postgraduate study in Vienna and Dresden, she went to India to take up a position as a lecturer at the Women's Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, from 1910 until 1916, before spending a year as Professor of Surgery at Lady Hardinge Medical College in Delhi. In 1917 she married C.B. Young. She then did voluntary work, chiefly in maternity and child welfare, until 1925, when she became Personal Assistant to the Chief Medical Officer, Women's Medical Service of India. She was awarded the M.B.E. in 1928. In 1931, she became the director of the Maternity and Child Welfare Bureau of the Indian Red Cross Society, and in 1936, she took up position as the Principal of Lady Hardinge Medical College, holding the post until 1940. In 1941, she was awarded the C.B.E. Two years later she travelled to Ethiopia to advise the Ethiopian Women's Work Association on welfare work. She retired in 1951. Ruth Young died in Edinburgh on 2 December, 1983.

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• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  The records are on paper and include photographs.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Mareike Platt

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  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Related Material

  MS 38 Torrance Collection

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 31

• Subjects

  Health