Send Us a Lady Physician

In the latter part of the nineteenth century women who had hitherto been barred from medical schools were gradually granted the freedom to study and practice medicine. Indeed by 1900 over 7000 female physicians were practicing in America. Women were sought after to fill the void in womens health carea substantial one thanks to Victorian moresas well as to imbue the medical profession with dignity which only women it was believed could supply. Thus the stereotype of women as gentle virtuous creatures natural healers worked in their favor opening doors to a major profession.