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Jeannie MacLeod (1874 –1902) was a pioneer in women's medical education. She was the second woman to qualify as a doctor from the University of Aberdeen. She died young of suicide, after working with sick children, many of whom died. The University has three annual student prizes awarded in her memory.^[1]

Education

MacLeod was born in Edinburgh in 1874, then studied at Aberdeen High School for Girls.^[1] She completed the St. Andrews Ladies Licenciate in Arts to honours standard, before joining the Medical School at Aberdeen University in 1897, she became only the second female medical graduate from the University. (1902).^[1] Before that Macleod had taught French at the school she had attended, and then taught French and German at the Miller Institution, Thurso.^[1]

After graduating in medicine, she also eventually became the first president of the University of Aberdeen Women's Medical Society.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Jeannie MacLeod - Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society". www.med-chi.co.uk. University of Aberdeen 525 Alumni Project. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

[:0-1] "Jeannie MacLeod - Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society". www.med-chi.co.uk. University of Aberdeen 525 Alumni Project. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

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