Tallant, Alice Weld, 1875-

Physician; Settlement house worker; Relief worker, World War I. Born Boston, 1875; A.B. Smith College, 1897; M.D. Johns Hopkins, 1902; Professor of Obstetrics at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania and Obstetrician-in-Chief at College Hospital, 1905-23; and obstetrician at Philadelphia General Hospital, 1922-28. Director of Smith College Relief Unit in France during in World War I; and served in French army hospital. Awarded Croix de Guerre, 1918. Returned to practice obstetrics in Philadelphia until 1957. Also served as physician and social worker at Joy Settlement from 1928-38, and Girls' House of Refuge from 1906-50.

From the description of Alice Weld Tallant papers, 1896-1958. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 50121486