Women Physicians
This collection consists of many formats documenting the history of women physicians beginning with the first medical school for women, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP). Founded in 1850, WMCP trained thousands of women physicians who practiced in all parts of the world, and provided rare opportunities for women to teach, practice, perform research and manage a medical school. WMCP was also a long time refuge for women students and faculty who faced quotas and discrimination elsewhere.
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Women in Medicine
The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMC) / Medical College of Pennsylvania collections are composed of the institution's archival records and special collections on women in medicine, collectively reflecting the history of the college and women in medicine beginning in the mid-1800s. As the record of the first degree-granting medical school for women*, the archives are integral to the history of women in medicine. The special collections reach beyond the records of the College to include primary and secondary materials on the history of all women physicians, internationally and on women's health.
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