Dr. Rachel Katherine Haight

1904 - 1998  (93 years)

• Name	Rachel Katherine Haight
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	9 Sep 1904	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-193588
  Died	21 Jul 1998	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I193588	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Frank Haight,   b. 23 Oct 1850, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1915, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Wilhelmina Magdaline "Minnie" Kaatz,   b. 15 Nov 1873, Elmwood, Normanby Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jun 1966, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Married	18 Nov 1903	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F186382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Better Chances For Lady Doctors Seen In England OTTAWA. - Opportunities for women to study medicine in England still excel those on this continent, according to Dr. Rachel Haight who has returned from London and is assuming medical practice in Ottawa. Born in Waterloo, Ont., Dr. Haight took her medical degree at the University of Toronto and obtained the Alexander McPhedran research fellowship. Since 1932 she has been affiliated with the national hospital for nervous diseases and the Marie Currie women's cancer hospital in London as well as with the London hospital and Royal Free Hospital. "Women doctors are taken as a matter of course on the other side; here they are still regarded rather as freaks," Dr. Haight said. "During the war the most famous medical schools in England opened their doors to women. Some have discontinued this practice but the University College hospital was left a large bequest with the stipulation that it have always 12 woman students; and on the staff of the London School it is possible for women to be taken of Medicine for Women.'' The democracy of the very great doctors in London and the broadening influence of contact with medical students from all over the world greatly impressed the young woman student from Toronto who also spoke of the intense sense of responsibility the British public has towards its hospitals. "The great gifts and endowments that used to come from the landed gentry are no longer possible because of the income tax, yet every year the amounts are made up by charity affairs and balls to which Royalty give their patronage. The doctors also take a tremendous interest especially at Christmas time." Dr. Haight told of a famous woman surgeon who visited the wards on Christmas day, accompanied by her sister and a friend dressed as golliwogs, who amused the patients. It is usual for the head of each ward to wean a chef's cap and carve the turkey. The nurses provide the program of entertainment in the afternoon. All the Christmas feast is made possible by, contributions from the surgeons and doctors on the staff and is dene according to tradition. "There is a family feeling in hospitals and between doctor and patient when who have as yet achieved on this side," Dr. Haight said. "Women taking up medicine as well as other students can learn much in England." New Hamburg Independent 17 Apr 1936 __________________ "HAIGHT, Dr. Rachel K. M.D., F.R.C.P. 1904-1998 - Formerly of Waterloo, University of Toronto, London, Athens and Ottawa, sister to Frank Haight, deceased. Rachel's family ask that you come in person, or be there in spirit, for her Memorial Service. It will celebrate the life of an intensely original and cultured intellect, a pioneer of women in medicine and proponent of alternative ways of living. Memorial Service The Quaker Ottawa Meeting House 91a Fourth Avenue, Ottawa (613) 232-9923 Sunday, October 4, at 2:00 p.m. She is remembered as a greatly respected and loved aunt by Dr. Jim Haight of Toronto and Dr. Jeanne Avelson of Australia, and their families. Flowers gratefully declined. Rachel would wish that you perform an individual act of nature conservation in her memory." Toronto Globe & Mail" September 29, 1998. __________________________ HAIGHT, Rachel M.D., F.R.C.P. September 9, 1904 - July 21, 1998 Rachel lived a life of beauty, helping patients for many years in Ottawa; working with the poor in post war Greece; painter and lover of nature; original thinker and scholar; with many friends from differing backgrounds and countries. She also lived a life of unasked for solitude. She is remembered with great affection and respect by her niece, Dr. Jeanne Abelson of Sydney, Australia and nephew, Dr. James Haight of Toronto, and their families. Arrangements in care of the Memorial Funeral Home of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry, 584 Somerset St., Ottawa. 233-4773. Ottawa Citizen July 23, 1998

  
  

• Sources

  [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 43 Pg. 8. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 18774 (1903), Haight-Kaatz. Franklin Haight, 53, Manager F. Ins., res. Waterloo, b. Newmarket, son of Arnold Haight and Rachel Webb married Minnie M. Kaatz, 30, res. Waterloo, b. Elmwood, daughter of John F. Kaatz and Catherine Kuhl, Witness(s) James C. Haight and Emma Kaatz both of Waterloo, 18 November 1903 in Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Sep 1904 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Jul 1998 - Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth