Angwin, Maria L. (1849–1898)
Angwin, Maria L. (1849–1898)
Canadian physician. Born Sept 21, 1849, in Newfoundland; died April 25, 1898.
Moved with family to Nova Scotia (1865); became school teacher to raise money for medical school; because no medical schools were open to women in Canada, graduated from Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary (1882); became 1st woman with license to practice medicine in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when she opened medical practice; was active with Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
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