Jacobi, Mary Putnam, 1842-1906

Physician (New York College of Pharmacy, 1863; Female (later Women's) Medical College of Pennsylvania, M.D.; Ecole de Médécine, Paris, 1871), Jacobi combined a private clinical practice with research and teaching. She was affiliated with the New York Infirmary and Mount Sinai Hospital. Jacobi, an active suffragist, was married to Abraham Jacobi, also a physician; they had three children.

From the description of Papers, 1851-1974 (inclusive), 1851-1906 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122557336

Physician of New York.

From the description of Letter, undated : [New York]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35093159

Mary (Putnam) Jacobi, physician, was born in England of American parents in 1842; the family returned to New York in 1848, where she was educated privately and in public school. She attended the New York College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1863, and received her M.D. from the Female (later Women's) Medical College of Pennsylvania. In 1868, MPJ became the first woman to gain admission to the Ecole de Medecine, Paris; she was graduated in 1871 with honors, receiving a bronze medal. As a physician in New York, she combined private clinical practice with research and teaching. She was affiliated with the New York Infirmary and the Mount Sinai Hospital. Her marriage in 1873 to Abraham Jacobi, physician, was followed by the birth of three children, of whom only her daughter Marjorie survived. MPJ died in 1906 of a brain tumor.

From the guide to the Papers, 1851-1906, 1923, 1974, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)