大象传媒

Bho chionn ceud bliadhna, an uair a th貌isich a' Chiad Chogadh, bha buidheann de mhnathan Albannach ag ullachadh airson turas iongantach. B' iad mnathan nan ospadalan Albannach, luchd-meidigeach boireann t霉saireach a bha ag amas air caraid a bha ann an cruaidh 猫iginn a chuideachadh, d脿 mh矛le m矛le air falbh ann an Serbia ann an taobh sear na Roinn E貌rpa. Th貌isich e mar dh脿n-thuras s貌nraichte.

Ach, b' ann gu math eagalach a bhiodh deireadh na sge貌il. 'S e an Dotair Elsie Inglis - aon den chiad lannsairean ann an Alba agus a bha na suffragette ainmeil - a smaoinich air a' bhuidheann a th貌iseachadh. Seo agad sgeulachd Elsie, sgeulachd nam mnathan s貌nraichte seo uile - Caileagan a' Chogaidh Mh貌ir. Sgeulachd a chaidh a chall thar 霉ine, ach bha a' bhuaidh a bh' aig ospadalan nam mnathan Albannaich air beatha bhoireannaich an d猫idh sin gu math na bu mhotha na bha daoine idir a' smaoineachadh.

100 years ago, as the First World War took hold, a group of ordinary Scottish women were preparing for an extraordinary journey. These were the ladies of the Scottish Women's Hospitals, pioneering female medics and volunteers on a mission to help an Ally in 'Dire Need', 2,000 miles away in Serbia in Eastern Europe. It started as a 'Great Adventure'. It would end up closer to a horror story.

The organisation was the idea of Dr Elsie Inglis, one of Scotland's first female surgeons and a prominent suffragette. A Great Adventure is Elsie's story, and also the collective story of these remarkable women. It's a story lost in time but the influence of the SWH on the lives of women thereafter was greater than most realise.