Annie Isabella Hamilton (1866–1941) was a Canadian physician and the first woman to receive a medical degree in Nova Scotia.
[2] Hamilton attended Pictou Academy, which awarded her a gold medal for educational excellence, and received a degree from Truro Normal School (later Nova Scotia Teachers College).
[2] Some of Hamilton's male Dalhousie classmates criticized her supposedly unfeminine dress and appearance, and created a petition to obtain a bustle for her.
[3] In 1895, she assisted Maria Louisa Angwin, the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Nova Scotia, in a series of lectures on hygiene.
[5] In 1903, she moved to China, where she served as a medical missionary and teacher, and wrote textbooks for her university students.