King, Sir Truby

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King, Sir Truby (1858-1938), a New Zealand physician and psychologist, founded the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children, commonly called the Plunket Society, in 1907. The society promotes the education of new mothers in caring for their infants throughout New Zealand.

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