Notable Figure: Elizabeth Bagshaw
October 19, 1881 is the birthdate of Elizabeth Bagshaw: champion for the place of women in medicine and the rights of women to control their own reproductive destinies
Notable Figure: Jean Cuthand Goodwill
August 14, 1928 is the birthdate of this Indigenous health and education advocate, who was one of the first Indigenous registered nurses in Canada
Notable Figure: Frances Oldham Kelsey
July 24, 1914 is the birthdate of this remarkable British Columbian who blocked the sale of thalidomide in the United States (photo courtesy of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
Indigenous Nurses Day 2021
Celebrate Indigenous Nurses Day on May 14 by learning about Edith Monture, the first Indigenous woman to become a registered nurse in Canada
Notable Figure: Anderson Ruffin Abbott
April 7, 1837 is the birthdate of Anderson Ruffin Abbott: the first Canadian-born Black person to graduate from medical school