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American Medical Women's Association records
Collection
Identifier: WM-037
Overview
American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) was founded on November 18, 1915, by a dedicated group of women physicians at the Chicago Women’s Club. Originally called Medical Women’s National Association (MWNA) until 1937, AMWA has advocated for women in the medical professions and the equal treatment of women in medicine since its inception. AMWA continues to serve the United States and the international community in medical service needs and acts as an important lobbying force for...
Dates:
1847 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1917-1978
Bradford collection of biographies of Homeopathic Physicians
Collection
Identifier: HU-064
Overview
Dr. Thomas L. Bradford (1847-1918) was a practicing homeopathic physician in Maine, Europe and Philadelphia. While practicing and teaching in Philadelphia he served as curator for the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. From 1896 to 1916, he collected, organized and maintained material for 35 scrapbooks of biographical information about homeopathic physicians.
Dates:
1868 - 1918
Lida Poynter collection on Dr. Mary E. Walker
Collection
Identifier: WM-026
Abstract
The Lida Poynter collection on Dr. Mary E. Walker consists of Poynter’s unpublished manuscript and research notes on the life of Dr. Mary E. Walker. Mary E. Walker (1832-1919) was a physician who served as a surgeon during the Civil War. She was awarded the Medal of Honor for her service and remains the only woman to have received the Medal. Throughout her life, she wrote, lectured and taught on medicine, dress reform, suffrage, and women’s rights, in general. In addition to Poynter's...
Dates:
circa 1850-1946
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- Allen, H.C. (Henry C.) 1
- Allen, Timothy Field 1
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- Bradford, Thomas Lindsley, M.D. 1
- Crippen, Hawley Harvey 1
- Farrington, E.A. (Ernest Albert) 1
- Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia 1
- Hughes, Richard 1
- Humphreys, F. (Frederick) 1
- Kent, J.T. (James Tyler) 1
- Lippe, Adolph von 1
- McClelland, James Henderson 1
- Medical Women's International Association 1
- Medical Women's National Association (U.S.) 1
- Poynter, Lida 1
- Smith, Henry M. 1
- Smith, Julia Holmes 1
- Thomas, A. R. (Amos Russell), 1826-1895 1
- Van Hoosen, Bertha, M.D., 1863-1952 1
- Walker, Mary Edwards, M.D. (1832-1919) 1
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