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Margaret Ida Balfour

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Scottish doctor and campaigner (1866-1945)

United KingdomDoctorsLived 1866 to 1945 · aged 79
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Margaret Ida Balfour, FRCOG was a Scottish medical doctor and campaigner for women’s medical health issues, who made a significant contribution to the development of medicine in India.

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Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Margaret Ida Balfour, FRCOG was a Scottish medical doctor and campaigner for women’s medical health issues, who made a significant contribution to the development of medicine in India. Her prolific writing during the early 20th century alerted many to the health needs of women and children in India and Africa and the unhealthy environments in which they lived.

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United Kingdom
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1866 to 1945 · aged 79
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7 languages

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