Nursing Leaders' Memorabilia
Margaret Clothilde Macdonald: Portrait Painting
From Pictou, Nova Scotia, Macdonald served in South Africa under
Georgina Fane Pope and she and Pope became the first two nurses
appointed to the permanent force Royal Canadian Army Medical
Corps (1906). Macdonald went on to be appointed Matron-in-Chief
of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps nursing service
overseas (First World War).
portrait painting
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