Women Physicians in World War I: Traveling Exhibition
October 8 - November 30, 2018
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location
Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room Special Collections, 3rd floor Library of the Health Sciences, 3rd floor
Address
750 W. Polk Street, Chicago, IL 60612
Cost
Free
Calendar
Download iCal FileWhen the United States entered the war in 1917, women physicians numbered less than 6% of all physicians. Many were eager for the chance to serve their country. But when the Army Surgeon General sent out a call for physicians to serve in the Medical Corps, the women who applied were rejected. Women physician leaders across the country protested this decision and petitioned the government, but the War Department stood firm. However, women physicians found other ways to participate.
This exhibition and the accompanying film tells the incredible story of these American women physicians who served during the First World War despite widespread discrimination. Driven by patriotism and a desire to serve, these unsung heroines worked in hospitals, dispensaries, canteens, and ambulance units both during the war and in the years that followed.
Date posted
Oct 8, 2018
Date updated
Oct 8, 2018