Margaret Ida Balfour
Margaret Ida Balfour (18??-1945) was a Scottish doctor who made a significant contribution to the development of medicine in India[1]. She was a daughter of Robert Balfour CA and qualified from the School of Medicine for Women in Edinburgh in 1891. After completing her MD in Brussels, she moved to India and worked in a variety of roles until her return to the UK 1924. She was a director of the Women's Medical Service in India and chairman of the Medical Women's International Association[2]. On returning to the UK, she campaigned for the improvement of conditions for Indian women and, in 1929, wrote a book entitled The Work of medical women in India with Dr Ruth Young[3]
- ^ "Obituary". The British Medical Journal. 2 (4432): 866–867. 15 December 1945. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ Lovejoy, Esther Pohl (1957). Women doctors of the world. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 254.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Balfour, Margaret, Ida; Young, Ruth (1929). The work of medical women in India. H. Milford.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)