The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-12-22
COLORED WOMEN PHYSICIANS
By Sara w. Brown, MD.
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New England Hospital Tor Women
ana Ch ldren, where She specialized III
diseases OF the nose and throat she
was one OF the few colored physicians
associated with the group Of women
lecturers under the War Work Coun-
cll National Board ". w. @. "A. She
rs woman OF exceptional worth. fine
moral principle, and unmitigated en-
ergy in the service of women and chill
dren everywhere.
The largest group of colored wo-
men who have taken degrees in med
icine Is TO be found in the District of
Columbia. The explanat on for this
due to the fact that Howard Unive--
sity, from its foundation in 1858,
opened its doors alike to men and
women, and it seems that, with one
exception in its history, from the be-
glnlng the male students refrained from
making life intolerable for the women.
In the latter half Of its existence the
men have accepted the presence Of
the women as a matter Of course. DR..
Julia r. Hall, Of the Class Of 1892 at
Howard Medical College. was Tor
years prominent physician in Wash
lngton AT one time she was resident
physician in Miner Hall at Howard
University. For many years Dr.. Hall
was the only phys clan on the Board
Of Children's Guardians, which posi-
ton she held until the time Of her
death She Had a large private prac-
tice
OF the nine women doctors OF med
icine now in the District Of Columbia
DR.. Marie B. Lucas has been the most
active and successful. She has been
a lecturer on hygiene in the Bowie
Maryland Normal School and is a
member of the staff OF physicians in
Freedmen's Hospital Her medical
education was begun after her mar
riage to Mr.. NJ. Grant Lucas. and her
only son is at present a student in the
Medical College at Howard DR..
Lucas is busy physician and enjoys
a lucrative practice
The first woman to pass the Board
of Medical Examiners in the State OF
Virginia was DR.. Sarah G. Jones Of
the Glass of 1898. Howard Medical
College. DR. Jones was an unusually
successful practicing physician from
the first. Gifted with remarkable per-
sonal beauty, magnetic and sympa-
thetic in manner, DR.. Jones was one
of Richmonds most popular physi-
clans working among all groups dur
ng the ten years Of practice before
her death. She was one Of the found
ers Of the Richmond Hospital, now
called the Sarah G. Jones Memorial
Hospital. which was established in
1902 II has at present twenty-five
DCuS Will IOul nun SIS III udiilliiS X
This hospital has lately become a cen
ter Of renewed interest and is being
reconstructed to a capacity Of fifty
beds. A sister of DR.. Sarah Jones,
DR.. Marie Jane Jones. who received
her degree from the University OF
Illinois, and DR.. Bessie B. Tharps, a
graduate Of Boston University, are at
present in general practice in Rich
mond, Va.
Of the two colored women ply
sicians practicing in South Carolina
one is a Howard graduate, the other IS
from the Woman's Medical College
of Philadelphia. Both are quite sue
cessful. The first woman to pass the
Medical Board in South Carolina was
colored. OF three other States this
is also true-Alabama, Mississippi,
and Virginia.
There are three colored women
in Georgia, all Of whom
were graduated from Meharry. Pr.
Georgia R. Dwelle, one Of the three.
was born in Augusta, Ga, and edu-
Gated at Walker Baptist Institute and
Spelman Seminary. Her ability and
were indicated in her
examination before the State Medical
Board when she made grade OF lOO
Der cent in nine Of the ten subjects
in which she was tested. DR.. Dwelle
began practice in Atlanta. in 1906,
where she has established private
sanitarium which meets an urgent
need. Her special interest is in obstet-
RIGS and pediatrics. Last year DIR.
Dwclle held the Office Of vice presi-
dent Of the National Medical Associa-
ton She is now secretary OF the
section Of pediatrics and is also chair
man Of the health committee OF the
Atlanta Branch Y. W. c. A.