Margaret Janeway
{{short description|American physician}}
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| name = Margaret Janeway
| image = MargaretJaneway1938.png
| alt = A middle-aged white woman in a professional portrait
| caption = Margaret Janeway in 1938
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| birth_date = May 3, 1896
| birth_place = Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|November 17, 1981|May 3, 1896}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation = Physician
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| spouse(s) = {{marriage|John Davidson McLanahan|1948|1969|reason=died}}
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Margaret Janeway McLanahan (May 3, 1896 – November 17, 1981) was an American physician who served in World War II. The New York Times described her as "the first woman doctor in the United States Army in the North African theatre".
Early life and education
Janeway was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the daughter of John Howell Janeway and Margaret (Meta) McAllister Janeway. Her father was a mining engineer.{{Cite news |date=1914-03-28 |title=Heard on the Street |pages=5 |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117046284/heard-on-the-street/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |via=Newspapers.com}} Her paternal grandfather was John H. Janeway, a Union Army surgeon in the United States Civil War.{{Cite news |date=1943-07-03 |title=Woman Doctor from N.Y. Now Major in Africa |pages=4 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117038879/woman-doctor-from-ny-now-major-in/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |via=Newspapers.com}} Her maternal grandfather was also an army surgeon.{{Cite news |date=1892-11-22 |title=Janeway-M'Allister |pages=4 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117046494/janeway-mallister/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |via=Newspapers.com}} She attended Bryn Mawr College and earned her medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1927.
Career
Janeway practiced medicine in New York City. From 1942 to 1943, she held the rank of Lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps, stationed at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.{{Cite news |last=Bachman |first=Gertrude |date=1944-07-13 |title=Don't Worry About Your WAC Oversea |pages=6 |work=The Sun and the Erie County Independent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117040128/dont-worry-about-your-wac/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |via=Newspapers.com}} From 1943 to 1947, Janeway was based in Algiers while she served with the United States Army Medical Corps in North Africa, one of the first American women doctors commissioned overseas during World War II. The New York Times described her as "the first woman doctor in the United States Army in the North African theatre".{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=1943-07-03 |title=Dr. Janeway Joins Army; Ex-Wac Is Made Major |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/07/03/archives/dr-janeway-joins-army-exwac-is-made-major.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |issn=0362-4331}} She held the rank of Major, and had charge of an 25-bed hospital.
After the war, Janeway was on the staff at Lenox Hill Hospital, was a consultant with the Veterans' Administration on the medical needs of women veterans,{{Cite news |date=1946-11-28 |title=Ten Women Doctors Named to VA Posts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/11/28/archives/ten-women-doctors-named-to-va-posts.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |issn=0362-4331}} and was an appointed medical representative on the New York State Industrial Council.{{Cite news |date=1949-01-06 |title=Dewey Appoints Doctors; Names Margaret Janeway, T. A. McGoldrick to State Council |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/01/06/archives/dewey-appoints-doctors-names-margaret-janeway-t-a-mcgoldrick-to.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |issn=0362-4331}}
Personal life
Janeway married banker John Davidson McLanahan in 1948.{{Cite news |date=1948-12-25 |title=Doctor and Banker to Wed |pages=178 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117027295/doctor-and-banker-to-wed/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |via=Newspapers.com}} He died in 1969.{{Cite news |date=1969-04-22 |title=Retired Banker Dies |pages=11 |work=Dayton Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117045853/retired-banker-dies/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |via=Newspapers.com}} She died in 1981, at the age of 85, at her home in New York City.{{Cite news |date=1981-11-19 |title=Dr. Margaret McLanahan, 85, Formerly on Lenox Hill Staff |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/19/obituaries/dr-margaret-mclanahan-85-formerly-on-lenox-hill-staff.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |issn=0362-4331}}
References
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External links
- L. McLellan, [https://weservedtoo.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/first-women-doctors-in-va/ "First Women Doctors in VA"] We Served Too (August 1, 2014), blog post about Janeway and other women doctors who worked with the Veterans Administration after World War II
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Category:People from Trenton, New Jersey
Category:Bryn Mawr College alumni