Cruickshank, Margaret Barnet (1873–1918)
Cruickshank, Margaret Barnet (1873–1918)
New Zealand physician. Born Jan 1, 1873, at Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand; died Nov 28, 1918, at Waimate, New Zealand; dau. of George Cruickshank (contractor and farmer) and Margaret (Taggart) Cruickshank; University of Otago, MB, 1897, MD, 1903; further study at universities of Edinburgh and Dublin, 1913.
First New Zealand woman to register as physician and subsequently to engage in general medical practice (1897); organized local work of Waimate Red Cross Fund during World War I.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 3).
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