15 Facts About Maude Abbott

Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott was a Canadian physician, among Canada's earliest female medical graduates, and an internationally known expert on congenital heart disease.

Maude Abbott was one of the first women to obtain a BA from McGill University.

Maude Abbott was a cousin of John Abbott, Canada's third Prime Minister.

Maude Abbott was home schooled until she was 15 years old.

Maude Abbott was admitted to McGill University's Faculty of Arts, with a scholarship, even though she had previously been rejected, and received her BA in 1890, graduating as class valedictorian and receiving the Lord Stanley Gold Medal.

Maude Abbott subsequently applied to study medicine at McGill University.

Maude Abbott was then accepted into medical school at Bishop's University and while there, was able to undertake clinical training at the Montreal General Hospital alongside medical students from McGill.

Maude Abbott received the Chancellor's Prize, and Senior Anatomy Prize for having the best final examination.

Much of Maude Abbott's work concerned the nature of heart disease, especially in newborn babies.

Maude Abbott would edit the institutions articles for thirty-one years.

In 1910, Maude Abbott was awarded an honorary medical degree from McGill and was made a lecturer in Pathology; this was eight years prior to the university admitting female students to the Faculty of Medicine.

In 1925, Maude Abbott returned to McGill becoming an assistant professor.

Maude Abbott was a prolific writer, composing over 140 papers and books.

On 2 September 1940, Maude Abbott died from a brain hemorrhage, in Montreal.

Maude Abbott was the only Canadian, and the only woman depicted in the work.