Kathleen Todd was born in 1898 in
Heriot,
Otago. She was one of the seven children of
Charles Todd, an auctioneer and
stock and station agent who founded the firm that became the
Todd Corporation, and his wife Mary Hegarty. Todd was educated at
St Dominic's College,
Dunedin, and was dux in 1915. In 1917 she proceeded to the
University of Otago to study medicine, graduating (
M.B.Ch.B) in 1923. == Career ==