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Elizabeth Blackwell, MD Nation's First Female Physician
Michael Angelo and Matt Varrato
Poster highlights British-born Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) and important years for Jefferson Medical College and women (1849, 1850, 1869, 1891 and 1894.
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First Female Students Admitted to Jefferson Medical College
Michael Angelo and Matt Varrato
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.
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Flexner Report: Medical Schools are Evaluated
Michael Angelo and Matt Varrato
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.
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Leah Lowenstein, MD Nation's first female Dean of a co-ed medical school (1981)
Michael Angelo and Matt Varrato
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.
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United States Medicine, Women and Jefferson Medical College
Michael Angelo and Matt Varrato
Poster with timeline from 1824 to 2008 highlighting contributions to Medicine by women in the United States and Jefferson Medical College.