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August

  • Doris Bartuska, MD circa 1987 (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

    The Story of Dr. Doris Bartuska: Sexism in Medicine during the 1950s to 1980s

    August 8, 2017

    The Doris Bartuska papers contain the work of Dr. Doris Bartuska, a 1954 graduate of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, in the field of medicine and beyond. This blog post explores Dr. Bartuska's time as a physician from the 1950s to the 1980s, her experience with sexism, and the barriers she broke in a male dominated sphere.

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  • Dorothee Gold document (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

    Impermanence

    August 8, 2017

    Doris Phillips Wheeler was a 1941 Austrian graduate from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania who began medical school during the Third Reich. This blog post explores how archives are places where lost stories and new insights can be found, such as that of Doris Phillips Wheelers life in coming to America before a major war broke out in her homeland.

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