Margaret Cruickshank

Margaret Cruickshank
Margaret Cruickshank, ca 1897

Dr Margaret Barnett Cruickshank (1 January 1873 – 28 November 1918) was the first registered female doctor in New Zealand.

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Biography

Cruickshank memorial unveiling

Cruickshank attended the University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine and was the second woman, following Emily Siedeberg, in New Zealand to complete medical school.[1] During World War I she organised the work of the Waimate Red Cross Fund. She died from the 1918 flu pandemic.

Legacy

Cruickshank memorial in 2009

In 1923 a memorial statue was unveiled at Seddon Square in Waimate.[2] The plinth was prepared by Daniel Berry and the statue was carved by William Trethewey.[3] In 1948 the maternity ward in Waimate Hospital was named after her.[4]

Reflist

  1. ^ Ministry for Culture and Heritage. "Margaret Cruickshank". http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/margaret-cruickshank. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
  2. ^ New Zealand History online. "Margaret Cruickshank memorial". http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/margaret-cruickshank-memorial. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
  3. ^ Phillips, Jock. "William Thomas Trethewey". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4t26. Retrieved 24 May 2011. 
  4. ^ Hughes, Beryl. "Cruickshank, Margaret Barnett". Te Ara Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3c41/1. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 

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