Margaret MacDonald (nurse)
(1873-1948)
Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Nursing service band; first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of major
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Major Margaret Clothilde MacDonald, (26 February 1873 – 7 September 1948) was a Canadian military nurse, serving in the Second Boer War and the First World War. MacDonald held the title of Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Army Medical Corps Nursing Service, the first woman promoted to the rank of major in the British Empire and was awarded the Royal Red Cross (1916) and the Florence Nightingale Medal (1918).
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26 February 1873 Bailey Brook, Nova Scotia
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7 September 1948 (aged 75) Bailey Brook, Nova Scotia
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