New-York tribune., 1912-03-31
With Prejudice Overcome
this Field is a Promising
One for Women.
BY Mary Marshall.
CHAPTER XIX

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There was time not so very long ago
when the business Of doctoring people was
necessarily a mans work. In those days.
before the invention Of modern antiseptics
and anasthetics. II took a sort or nerve
| and muscle, too, to practise medicine ann
surgery that the bravest and strongest or
women seldom possess. AS things were
then It was no hardship for women to Keep
out of the. medical schools, and medicine
was probably one of the last professions
parent would have wanted his daughter
to pursue.
| But nowadays, although not all the medi-
cal schools have opened their doors TO Wom-
en-. medicine is one Of the professions IN
which women have made themselves espe-
cially useful Every day the prejudice that
people used to feel against the woman doc
tor is being lessened, and It is even pre-
dicted that before another generation mas
passed II will be unusual for woman TO
employ the services Of a man physician
with this growing feeling in favor OF
women physicians, medicine may be consid-
cred one Of the most promising professions
at present open to women In fact this IS
lust the time when the early prejudice has
| benQ
crowded for the woman who has the requi-
site natural ability TO take up medicine as
a profession. But in thinking OF medicine
as a possible vocation for your daughter
Il were we'll to remember that unless she
| expresses a real desire 10 take 1t up, un-
less she is downright determined about ~
she had better decide on some other means
| of earning her living, for there are feW
! caIlings that require more pluck and de-
| termination than this Of healing and COM
forting the sick.
| As the initial step In planning your
DAUGHTERS medical education you SHOULD
make a thorough study Of the various ne1i-
cal schools and colleges to which women
are admitted These schools vary greatly
| in entrance requirements, so the sooner you
decide which school your daughter Is TO at
tend the better Some few Of these schoois
admit students after graduation from hlsh
school or its equivalent, others require
full four years college course and still oth-
ers requires one, two or three years IN
| college.
| Another interesting question that comes
I'D In choosing the medical school for your
| daughter is that Of co-educa;ion. In many
| of tho largest schools men and women re-
| ceive most, If not all. OF the training to-
gether. and you Will find good arguments
I'm favor OF this sort of training. There are
other schools run only for women medical
| students, and there ere, OF course, strong
arguments TO be brought up in favor or TINS
! form Of training.
| 4 students expenses at the medical COZ
| leges vary greatly. as you VIII see from
the various catalogues. In one or the
large city schools the minimum cost loI
tuition. books, room and board is placed al
stJ3 for the school year In other schoo'e
| IL is considerably less, and In others CoH-
sideraby more. but an allowance OF wv 0l
| 500 wear for all expenses includIhs
| clothes and incdentals. IS about as stnall
a sum az the average young woman cou'u
be expected 10 squeeze through on VI
course few young women are able 90
earn part OF their expenses through prizes
ard scholarships awarded in many OF the
collaoes as a reward for high scholastic
! standing.
Most Of the schools. even II they do not
require a previous college degree lot en-
trance, do urge upon their students do
broad and as general a previous educatlon
as possiblc So although the young sirl
who is dreaming of some day oeconi'"S
doctor should spend as much OF her
school time as possible on such suo)ec's as
chemistry. physics and biology, she shoulu
use every opportunity she has 10 get
| broad. general education besides
But suppose you cannot afford 70 give
YOUR daughter the minimum SJoV or 20"
vear 10 get her through the medical SCHOOL
| and suppose, also. that she is not aoIe 10
win a scholarship, is there no other way
for her ~ get the coveted medical degree!
There is. and many determined "oria"
has taken this third road and won her o""
deerce through hard work and perSe'er-
ance one Of the most successful women
doctors of Chicago, IN spite OF elrlnoou
| ar,hition 70 become a doctor. went "l'hout
bar degree for many years for lack OF
funds with her ultimate purpose al"dH'
bsfora her. she took a short course III pnHs
ics, culture and went into partnership VII"
! y woman physician who was looking lot
some one to help her in the physicai up
building Of her patients.
For four or five years she worked Ha'u
as q physical culturist She STUDIED eacn
csse the doctor gave her. reading meulcd'
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