Showing Collections: 1 - 2 of 2
Longshore family papers
Collection
Identifier: WM-028
Abstract
The Longshore family was active in Philadelphia medicine in the 19th century and the Longshore family papers includes material from Thomas Longshore, his brother Joseph Longshore, and his wife Hannah E. Myers Longshore. Thomas Longshore was a teacher and a supporter of women's education and social reform, especially abolition. Joseph Longshore (1809-1879) was a physician who supported women in acquiring quality medical education. He was active in founding the Female Medical College of...
Dates:
1819 - 1902
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 Mary E. Walker consists of Poynter’s unpublished manuscript and research notes on the life of Dr.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
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Autobiographies 1
- Biographies 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Feminism 1
- Medal of Honor 1
- Medical education 1
- Nurses 1
- Oswego (N.Y.) 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Photographs 1
- Research notes 1
- Rome (N.Y.) 1
- Speeches 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- War work 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Women's rights 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Female Medical College of Pennsylvania 1
- Longshore, Hannah, M.D. (1819-1901) 1
- Longshore, J. S., M.D. (Joseph Skelton) (1809-1879) 1
- Longshore, Thomas E., M.D. 1
- Poynter, Lida 1
∨ more