Margaret Whyte (medical doctor)

Margaret Whyte
MB BS
Margaret Whyte, 1887
Born1868
Victoria, Australia
Died25 April 1946(1946-04-25) (aged 77–78)
Other namesMargaret Martell
Education
  • Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne
  • Melbourne University
OccupationPhysician
Years active1887–1902
Medical career
ProfessionPhysician
Institutions

Margaret Whyte MB BS (1868 – 25 April 1946) was a medical doctor from Melbourne, Australia. She graduated as a doctor with the top grades in her class of 1891, and along with her classmate Clara Stone, this made them the first women to graduate as doctors in Victoria. While she qualified for a residency at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, she was denied her place because of her gender, and so took an appointment in 1892 at the Royal Women's Hospital instead. She was the first woman resident at the hospital.