Margaret C. MacDonald

Major Margaret Clothilde MacDonald RRC was a Canadian nurse. On April 11, 1914, she was appointed MatroninChief of the Canadian Nursing service band, becoming the first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of major during a nursing career of over thirty years. She served in the SpanishAmerican War. She was one of twelve Canadian women who served in the Second Boer War. She also served in World War I. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross and the Florence Nightingale Medal.

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