Mabel Hardie

Mabel Hardie (1866–1916) was a British physician and surgeon. She was a war surgeon at the Scottish Women's Hospital and is named in the First World War roll of honour.

Biography Hardie was born in 1866 at Marple, then in Cheshire, England.

Hardie studied Natural Sciences at Girton College, University of Cambridge, between 1887 and 1890. Because of her work in Cambridge she was awarded an MA by Trinity College Dublin and then went on to train as a doctor at the University of Glasgow, graduating with an MB ChB.

After graduation she was house surgeon at Belgrave Hospital for Children, outdoor doctor and house physician at Leith Hospital, and house surgeon at Glasgow Samaritan Hospital for Women. In November 1907, after a period spent traveling, she settled to a practice at Hampstead. She refused to pay taxes and had her gold chain and pictures auctioned instead.

She was arrested for demonstrating in favour of women's suffrage.