Matilda Deans "May" Baird, CBE (née Tennent; 14 May 1901 – 16 August 1983) was a Scottish doctor and social pioneer.
She was a town councillor in Aberdeen, established the first free family planning there and later was the first woman to hold the position of Chair of a regional hospital board.
Her desire to reduce the hardships experienced by the poor and neglected led her being drawn into public life,[3] and in 1938 she was elected as a Labour Party councillor for Aberdeen Town Council.
Her daughter Joyce Baird worked as a doctor specialising in diabetes at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
[1] The Baird Family Hospital due to open in Aberdeen in 2024 is named for her, her husband, their daughter Joyce and son David, in recognition of the medical contributions they have made in Scotland and to the profession.