Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania gave us pelvic exams, nursing schools, and Philadelphia’s first Black MD

Historically, women have always cared for the sick in their communities as healers, medicine women, and midwives. But only men were allowed to get formal medical training. It wasn’t until 1849 that ...
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The world’s first-ever women’s medical college opened in Philly 176 years ago

The groundbreaking establishment of the Women’s Medical College in 1850 by a group of progressive Quaker businessmen, and the ...
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Philadelphia’s ‘52 Weeks of Firsts’ Honors the First Medical School for Women (Now Part of Drexel University)

Programming for America’s 250th anniversary highlights the legacy of the country’s first — and last — all-women medical college, which was founded in 1850.

‘This history is here’: Philadelphia was home to the first college established to grant medical degrees to women

For women who hoped to become physicians in the mid-1800s, Philadelphia was the place to be. They came from all over the world to attend the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. In 1849, a year ...
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Accessible library services; Women’s medical history; A new William Way HQ | Morning Roundup

BILLYPENNGRAM OF THE DAY Gear test with Engine 43 Ladder 9 Medic 7(Photo by @billlent) The Library of Accessible Media, aka L.A.M.P., shines a light on literature for all readers Located […] ...