Ann Preston (1813-1872) ­– This pioneer in the history of women physicians was born to a Quaker family in Chester County. Preston left boarding school to care for her younger siblings after their mother became ill, but later became a teacher. She became interested in women’s health and, as women were not permitted to attend medical schools, apprenticed with Dr. Nathaniel Moseley. Quakers founded the Female Medical College (later known as the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, WMCP) in 1850, at 627 Arch Street. Preston was in the first graduating class and would go on to become a Professor of Hygiene and Physiology there. Preston helped found the Woman’s Hospital of Philadelphia on North College Avenue, which gave female medical students a clinic and provided care for women and children.