Mary Meager Southcott (1862–1943) was a Newfoundland-born nurse, hospital administrator and campaigner.

[2][1] Shortly after Southcott returned home she was appointed as Superintendent of Nursing at the St John's General Hospital, where she founded the St. John's General Hospital School of Nursing in 1903.

[5] Her ideas brought her into conflict with the medical administrators of the hospital who preferred the old pre Nightingale style of nurse management.

[5] This led to a Royal Commission - a government enquiry,[2] and she resigned in 1916 and was replaced by Myra Taylor.

[7] She was a Member of Grace Maternity Hospital Association, Newfoundland, and helped design an eighteen-month midwifery programme.