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Intro: Craighill passed away on July 20, 1977 in Southbury, Conneticut at the age of 78. Margaret Craighill was a third generation Army officer. Her father was Colonel William Edward Craighill, and her grandfather was Brigadier General William Price Craighill.

World War II: Dr. Craighill was the first female physician to be commissioned into the United State Army after the Sparkman-Johnson Bill was signed into effect. The Sparkman-Johnson Bill allowed women to enter the Army and Navy Medical Corps. change sentence to: For her distinguished service in World War II, Craighill was awarded the Legion of Merit and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Craighill advised the assignment of women as medical officers and emphasized that women should be assigned to duties that fall under their professional qualifications, regardless of their gender.

Post- War: In 1945, Craighill became the first consultant on women veteran's care. This was the first time female verteran's were offered medical care by the Veterans Administration. Craighill conducted a two month inspection trip to hospitals of the Veterans Administration to give advice on the care of female patients. Place after first sentence in post war: Craighill resigned from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania after an unsuccessful attempt to merge medical classes with Jefferson Medical School in in Philadelphia in order to introduce coeducation to at her female medical school. *place after last sentence- Craighill entered the Menninger School in Topeka, Kansas in September of 1946. After receiving her psychiatry degree, Craighill published Psychiatric Aspects of Women in the Army in 1947. Craighill served as the chief of the psychosomatic section of the Winter VA Hospital from 1948 to 1951. In 1952, Craigill graduated from the New York Institute of Psychoanalysis. From 1951 to 1960, Craighill began her own private practice in medicine and psychoanalysis in New, Haven Connecticut.

Quotes by Margaret Craighill:

"I believe in being very realistic about medicine for women...The satisfaction and reward must come from within, not from without." -12 January 1944, Bryn Mawr College

One quote that emphasizes the struggle female physicians had in World War II regarding their male coworkers is: "Most of these commanding officers are regular Army medical men who have had no experience with women doctors or women personnel."

"I must acknowledge that I am feeling discouraged over any progress that I can make in regard to establishing better conditions for women doctors. There is such a deep rooted prejudice which arises in such unexpected places, it leaves me completely baffled sometimes."