Margaret Cruickshank | |
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Born | Palmerston, New Zealand | 1 January 1873
Died | 28 November 1918 Waimate, New Zealand | (aged 45)
Monuments | Statue of Margaret Cruickshank in Waimate |
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Occupation | Medical doctor |
Known for | First registered female doctor in New Zealand; first female doctor to work in a general practice in New Zealand |
Margaret Barnett Cruickshank (1 January 1873 – 28 November 1918) was a New Zealand medical practitioner who died during the 1918 influenza pandemic. She was the first registered female doctor in New Zealand. Posthumously, she was the first woman, other than Queen Victoria, to have a monument erected to her in New Zealand.