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Goldstein, Linda Lehmann. "Roses Bloomed in Winter: Women Medical Graduates of Western Reserve College, 1852-1856," Case Western Reserve University, May 1989. Advisor: Roberta L. Wollons (2, 22, 20)
The study examines the educational experience of six women who obtained medical degrees on an equal basis with men at Western Reserve College in Cleveland, Ohio between 1852 and 1856, an era when women were otherwise excluded from traditional medical schools. The medical careers of three of these women—Drs. Emily Blackwell, Marie Zakrzewska, and Cordelia Green—are documented in current literature; however, there has been little analysis of the relationship between their medical degrees and their leadership roles in creating the institutions which provided regular medical training for subsequent generations of women. This study fills that gap by presenting both the medical college experiences and biographical case studies of all six women. The study addresses the larger question of the value of regular degrees compared to sectarian or gender-segregated alternatives to promote women’s medical education and career advancement.
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