[Illustration: _Photo by Bassano_ ELSIE INGLIS AFTER HER RETURN FROM SERBIA IN 1916 _Frontispiece_] PIONEERS OF PROGRESS WOMEN EDITED BY ETHEL M. BARTON ELSIE INGLIS THE WOMAN WITH THE TORCH BY EVA SHAW McLAREN WITH A PREFACE BY LENA ASHWELL LONDON SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1920 _Great souls who sailed uncharted seas, Battling with hostile winds and tide, Strong hands that forged forbidden keys, And left the door behind them, wide_. _Diggers for gold where most had failed, Smiling at deeds that brought them Fame,-- Lighters of Lamps that have not failed,-- Lend us your oil and share your flame._