Jeannie Gilruth

Jeannie Gilruth
Born
Jane Margaret McLean McKay

June 1876
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Died11 August 1965(1965-08-11) (aged 89)
Toorak, Victoria, Australia
Known forFounder and inaugural President of the Northern Territory division of the Australian Red Cross

Jeannie Gilruth OBE (born Jane Margaret McLean McKay, June 1876 – 11 August 1965) was a New Zealander, and Australian, who was the founder and president of the Northern Territory division of the Australian Red Cross. She also worked for the Queen Victoria Hospital in Melbourne for 32 years.