I was born a pre-war baby in Scotland, but by virtue of World War II I was a brought up by my mother in a single-parent family. After St Andrews University, I wished to do surgerya male dominated c...view moreI was born a pre-war baby in Scotland, but by virtue of World War II I was a brought up by my mother in a single-parent family. After St Andrews University, I wished to do surgerya male dominated career then. I ended up as a paediatric surgeon in Manchester. Unexpectedly, I went into medical politics, making medical history by becoming the first woman to be elected to the council of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, an international body regulating surgeons of all types.view less