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Margaretta Craig was educated at Wooster College, Ohio, and Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD. Her first mission service on behalf of the Presbyterian Church's Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations was as a summer volunteer nurse at Battle Harbor Hospital, Labrador. In 1930 she was assigned to the Miraj Hospital in western India, where she becme supervising nurse in 1937.

In 1943 she organized a course of training in nursing administration for military nurses for the government of India, and from 1946 to 1958 she helped establish and served as principal of the government's College of Nursing, University of Delhi.

(Source: Lebanon, PA, Daily News, Nov 9, 1963, page 11. The article is found at http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=%20margaretta%20craig%20delhi%20nursing%20college&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CFkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%2520margaretta%2520craig%2520delhi%2520nursing%2520college%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D2%26ved%3D0CFkQFjAB%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.newspaperarchive.com%252FSiteMap%252FFreePdfPreview.aspx%253Fimg%253D106871003%26ei%3DrFgPT_eBKMTm0QG_4siAAw%26usg%3DAFQjCNHHAlccQALwG6yLVX2eOHoIMg3Lfg%26cad%3Drja&ei=rFgPT_eBKMTm0QG_4siAAw&usg=AFQjCNHHAlccQALwG6yLVX2eOHoIMg3Lfg&cad=rja)

"The BSc course at Delhi was modelled by the American Principal, Margaretta Craig, on that offered by the University of Toronto, one of the most elite metropolitan centres of nurse professionalism." (From the PhD Thesis of Madelaine Healey, at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. The PhD thesis is at:
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/biennial-conference/2006/Healey-Madelaine-ASAA2006.pdf )

In the Supplement to the London Gazette, 1 January 1948, pp 25, 26, the following text appeared:

"The King has been graciously pleased to give orders, as on the 14th August, 1947, for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:--

To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:--

Miss Margaretta Craig, Principal, College of Nursing, Delhi, India"

(Source:
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/38161/supplements/25/page.pdf
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/38161/supplements/26/page.pdf)

From 1959 to at least 1963 she was head of nursing services at Ludhiana Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India. On Sunday November 10, 1963, she spoke about her work there at services at the Christ Presbyterian Church in Lebanon, PA. (Source: Lebanon Daily News article.)

Margaretta joint authored a book entitled Elements Of Psychology & Mental Hygiene For Nurses in India with B.D. Bhatia.

The original introduction to the book says in part:
"This book, the first to be written in India on Psychology and Mental Hygiene for Nurses, will be welcomed by nursing teachers and students alike. Both authors are eminently fitted for their task. Miss Margaretta Craig has been associated with nursing in India for more than twenty years and, as Principal of a Nursing College ... she has a deep insight in the day-to-day problems of nurses." -- TK Adranvala, Former Nursing Adviser, Government of India, 21 May 1938.

The book was reissued in 2005 by Orient Blackswan which said about it "This Classic Textbook For Nurses Has Been Reissued In A Larger Format, With An Attractive New Look To Enhance Readability And Comprehension. Websites Containing The Latest Information On The Various Topics Have Been Included At The End Of The Book."

Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=fsZ_GvzHfAgC&pg=PR6&lpg=PR6&dq=margaretta+craig+nurse+india&source=bl&ots=4mWtn8FvrA&sig=LAI95u02ZCNES8xGpDfTiiZSfSE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XyYPT_2nIaHc0QGvo7GDAw&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=margaretta%20craig%20nurse%20india&f=false

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Censuses
1910; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 27, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1401; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0618
at 4051 Spruce St

Alexander R Craig M 41y, married 10 yrs, PA x 3, physician, general practice
Florence B Craig F 38y, 3 children 2 alive, MD x 3
Margaretta Craig F 7y, PA
Roberta B Craig F 5y, PA

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Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 23, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_333; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 1270
at 9 Chalmers Place

Alexander Craig 51, PA x 3, physician, medical association
Florence Craig 48, Massachusetts x 3
Roberta Craig 14, PA
Margretta Craig 17, PA

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1930; Census Place: Election District 7, Cecil, Maryland; Roll: 873; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 17;
at Rising Sun, Port Deposit Beach

Florence B Craig 58, widowed, no occupation
Margaretta Craig 27, single, nurse
Roberta B Craig 25, single, no occupation
Sophie B Coulson 84, cousin, single
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UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Margaretta Craig
Name: Margaretta Craig
Age: 43
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 19 May 1946
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Queen Mary
address in UK: Savoy Hotel, in transit for India
occupation: Nurse
Last residence, and intended future permanent residence: India
Citizen of: US

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UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Margaretta Craig
Name: Margaretta Craig
Birth Date: 3 Sep 1902
Married or Single: Single
Port of Embarkation: Bombay
Port of Departure: Sydney, Australia
Arrival Date: 20 Jul 1958
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Sydney
[Melbourne]
[Adelaide]
[Colombo]
[Bombay]
Ship Name: Strathnaver
Address in UK: c/o Wilkinson, 20 Sumbargh Rd, Clapham Common
Occupation: Prin. Nursing College
Citizen of, last residence, and future permanent residence: all USA
Intended stay in UK: few days
Purpose: IT, in transit
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UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Margaretta Craig
Name: Margaretta Craig
Birth Date: 3 Sep 1902
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 10 Aug 1959
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Queen Mary
Address in UK: University College Hospital, London
Occupation: Nurse
Citizen: USA. Last permanent residence: USA
Country of intended future permanent residence: India
Intended duration of stay in UK: 1 month
Purpose of visit: BV, business visit