First Women's Medical College (1850) – 52 Weeks of Firsts
Posted to University City on January 3, 2026
Paging pioneers! Celebrate the women who broke barriers (and a few norms) at the first degree-granting medical school for women. This is where women took medicine into their own hands.
Paging pioneers! Celebrate the women who broke barriers (and a few norms) at the first degree-granting medical school for women. This is where women took medicine into their own hands.
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Paging pioneers! Celebrate the women who broke barriers (and a few norms) at the first degree-granting medical school for women. This is where women took medicine into their own hands.
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