Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania gave us pelvic exams, nursing schools, and Philadelphia’s first Black MD

Historically, women have always cared for the sick in their communities as healers, medicine women, and midwives. But only men were allowed to get formal medical training. It wasn’t until 1849 that ...

‘This history is here’: Philadelphia was home to the first college established to grant medical degrees to women

For women who hoped to become physicians in the mid-1800s, Philadelphia was the place to be. They came from all over the ...