Personal details
Full Name:
- Margaret Cruickshank
Lifetime:
- 1 Jan 1873–28 Nov 1918
Biography
Margaret Cruickshank
Margaret Cruickshank was the first woman to be registered as a doctor in New Zealand. She worked tirelessly during the 1918 influenza pandemic but eventually caught the disease herself and died on 28 November 1918.
Read more...Events In History
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3 May 1897NZ's first woman doctor registeredMargaret Cruickshank became the first woman to be registered as a doctor in New Zealand. She practised in Waimate until her death during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Read more...
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Main image: Margaret Cruickshank
Margaret Cruickshank, New Zealand's first registered woman doctor, pictured at her graduation from University of Otago Medical School, circa 1897.
