author
Graham Travers
1859–1918
A Scottish doctor who wrote fiction under a male pen name, this author brought firsthand experience to stories about women entering medicine. She is also remembered for suggesting the scientific term "isotope" in 1913.
2 Audiobooks
The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake
by Graham Travers
Mona Maclean, Medical Student: A Novel
by Graham Travers
About the author
Born Margaret Georgina Todd in Scotland in 1859, she practiced medicine and wrote under the pseudonym Graham Travers. Her best-known novel, Mona Maclean, Medical Student, drew on the world of women medical students at a time when that path was still new and difficult.
Todd studied medicine in Edinburgh and became part of the wider movement that opened the profession to women. Her writing often stayed close to those experiences, blending fiction with sharp observation about education, work, and independence.
She also left a mark outside literature: in 1913 she suggested the word "isotope" to chemist Frederick Soddy. Todd died in 1918, but her work still stands out for connecting literary life with the history of women in medicine.