Elizabeth Bagshaw - History

History

Born on a farm in Mariposa Township, Victoria County, Ontario, she attended Lindsay Collegiate before enrolling in the Women's Medical College (now Women's College Hospital) in Toronto in 1901. Since the College was unable to grant degrees, she received her degree from the University of Toronto. In 1906, she moved to Hamilton, Ontario where she set up a medical practice. From 1932 until 1966, she was the medical director of Canada's first birth control clinic. She retired at the age of 95 in 1976 and was the oldest practicing physician in Canada at the time. She became a Centenarian in 1981.

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