Frances Emily White (8 June 1832[1] – 29 December 1903) was an American anatomist and physiologist.
Frances Emily White | |
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 Frances Emily White, from an 1895 publication | |
| Born | 8 June 1832 |
| Died | 29 December 1903 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation(s) | Anatomist and physiologist |
White was born in Andover, New Hampshire, and educated at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. She went on to become a demonstrator in Anatomy and Instructor in Physiology from 1872 to 1876. White was then a Professor of Physiology from 1876 until her death in 1903.[2]
White was one of the first women to lecture before the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, and was the first woman delegate to the International Medical Congress, in 1890.[3] She was also a lifelong advocate for women's education.[2]
She died in Boston of uterine cancer at the age of 71.[4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Passport Applications, 1795–1925
- ^ a b Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. ISBN 9781135963439. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "Tenth International Medical Congress, Berlin, 1890". The Lancet. 135 (3476): 819–820. 1890. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)18287-0. PMC 6064405. PMID 30749873.
- ^ Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841–1915
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