Margaret Whyte MB BS | |
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Born | 1868 Victoria, Australia |
Died | 25 April 1946 | (aged 77–78)
Other names | Margaret Martell |
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Occupation | Physician |
Years active | 1887–1902 |
Medical career | |
Profession | Physician |
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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.