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Margaret Hilda Harper
Margaret Hilda Harper (4 April 1879 - 2 January 1964) was an Australian pediatrician, medical writer, and radio commentator. She is known for her published book called The Parent's Book and her broadcast 'The Lady Doctor'. Harper was also one out of six cofounders of the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children in 1922 and one out of the only four to be a Founding Fellow of the Australasian College of Physicians in 1938.

Early Life
Margaret Hilda Harper was the daughter of Rev. Andrew Harper and Agnes Marion Craig. Her mother died in 1885 when Margaret was only six years old. Through most of her life, she was raised by her aunts and housekeepers until her father had another child, Robert Rainy Harper, with a woman who he remarried in 1892.

Margaret started her post-secondary education at Presbyterian Ladies' College where her father was the principal. After a couple years, she enrolled in the University of Melbourne where she began to study medicine in 1901. Margaret was one of the recipients for the W. T. Mollison Scholarship, granted for matriculated students between the ages of seventeen and twenty one who are interested in studying foreign languages. Margaret received the scholarship for studying Italian, which helped cover her financial needs. Her father then transitioned his job to St. Andrews College which is a co-residential college within the University of Sydney, in which Margaret transferred over to continue her study. She graduated in 1906 with two degrees, Bachelor of Medicine (M.B) and Master of Surgery (Ch.M).

Career Life
Harper has contributed in the medical field through many career positions in her life. After Harper graduated with a degree in ChM (Master of Surgery) and M.B. (Bachelor of Medicine) at the University of Sydney, she began her career as a resident medical officer at the Royal Hospital for Women in Paddington, New South Wales. She was also a medical officer at the first baby clinic that was built in the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, located in Camperdown, New South Wales. In 1922, Margaret became a cofounder and an Honorary Medical Officer at Rachel Forster Hospital for Women, helping women get the healthcare that they need. In 1938, she was a Founding Fellow for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, and in 1949, she was appointed as a member of the Child Welfare Advisory Council of New South Wales.

Dr. Harper's primary interests were about diseases in children and their mothers. She was one out of the two physicians who described that coeliac disease in the pancreas and cystic fibrosis were "distinct entities," according to Scott-Young, M when he wrote in the Medical Journal of Australia. Dr. Harper also wrote a book called The Parent's Book, for parents to learn how to take care of their child. She went on the Australasian Broadcasting Company and had her own broadcast called 'The Lady Doctor' where she talked for fifteen minutes every day about her career life.