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Elizabeth Blackwell, Md Nation's First Female Physician, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato Oct 2011

Elizabeth Blackwell, Md Nation's First Female Physician, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

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Poster highlights British-born Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) and important years for Jefferson Medical College and women (1849, 1850, 1869, 1891 and 1894.


United States Medicine, Women And Jefferson Medical College, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato Oct 2011

United States Medicine, Women And Jefferson Medical College, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

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Poster with timeline from 1824 to 2008 highlighting contributions to Medicine by women in the United States and Jefferson Medical College.


Leah Lowenstein, Md Nation's First Female Dean Of A Co-Ed Medical School (1981), Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato Oct 2011

Leah Lowenstein, Md Nation's First Female Dean Of A Co-Ed Medical School (1981), Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

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Poster highlighting Leah Lowenstein, MD the nation's first female Dean of a co-ed medical school. Though last to admit female students, Jefferson Medical College was the first co-educational medical school to appoint a woman as dean.


Flexner Report: Medical Schools Are Evaluated, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato Oct 2011

Flexner Report: Medical Schools Are Evaluated, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

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Poster highlighting the Flexner Report, Jefferson Medical College and contributions of women including Lolita Pannell, PhD, Sonia Schorr, Elizabeth M. Bogardus, MD, Vera (Easling) Dettweiler, MD and Evelyn D. Schmidt, MD.


First Female Students Admitted To Jefferson Medical College, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato Oct 2011

First Female Students Admitted To Jefferson Medical College, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

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Poster highlighting the first female students admitted to Jefferson Medical College in 1961. On June 6, 1960, the Board of Trustees voted to admit women to Jefferson Medical College. The first woman accepted was 21-year-old Nancy Szwec who also won a scholarship.