Women

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These records document the activities of the local chapter of Alpha Epsilon Iota, a national women's medical sorority.

Abstract The materials consist of manuscripts, correspondence, and other documents created and/or collected by Elizabeth Curtis French, M.D., spanning years 1926 to 1937. French (1907-1997) completed her medical degree at the University of Oregon Medical School, served an internship at the Illinois Research Hospital in Chicago becoming proficient in child delivery, and completed a residency at the Women's and Children's Hospital in San Francisco. French eventually established a medical practice in...

Abstract Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy (1869-1967) was the second woman to graduate from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1894, served as Portland’s City Health Officer and with the Red Cross during World War I, led the American Women’s Hospital Service, and helped found and served as the first president of the Medical Women’s International Association. She was also a prolific writer. This collections documents Dr. Lovejoy’s prominent role in advancing the work of women in medicine, as well...

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Dorothy Robinson Mann graduated from University of Oregon Medical School Department of Nursing in 1942 and served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps until 1945. This collection contains photographs taken during Mann’s service which provide insight into the life and training of a nurse at that time, as well as a selection of Army records and additional papers.

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Grace Phelps (1871-1952) was a prominent Oregonian health professional and nursing advocate who maintained a career as a practicing nurse from approximately 1900 to 1942. This collection houses the professional and public records of Grace Phelps, and includes materials relating to her time as head nurse at Base Hospitals 45 and 46 during WWI; head nurse at the Portland Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital; and Superintendent at Doernbecher Memorial Hospital for Children.

Abstract Lucy I. Davis began her service at UOMS in 1918 and continued her duties until shortly before her death on October 8, 1943. While registrar, Lucy compiled the record of the activities of women graduates of the school. The materials were added to the Library collection. Materials included in the collection (originally in the form of a scrapbook) are photographs, biographical information, obituaries, newspaper clippings, chronological graduate lists, marital statuses, survey forms,...

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The Medical Faculty Auxiliary (MFA) of the School of Medicine at OHSU donated these materials in 1997, upon the 50th Anniversary of its creation. Long known (1947-85) as the "Faculty Wives Club" it has a long history of being both a social network for spouses and "significant others" of medical students and personnel and a source of fund-raising and volunteerism for various things not covered in budgets. The collection expands on those activities.

Abstract The collection consists of personal papers, publications, printed materials and artifacts created or owned by Amelia Ziegler, M.D. Dr. Ziegler was a graduate of the Women's Medical College of Kansas City, Missouri in 1898 and practiced medicine in Portland, Oregon from 1898 until her retirement in 1948. Materials include Ziegler's doctor's bag containing assorted obstetrical and gynecological implements, lab coat, business card, and patient services log book, as well as a letter to Ziegler,...