Longshore family papers 1819-1902

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Longshore family papers 1819-1902

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The Longshore family was active in Philadelphia medicine in the 19th century and the Longshore family papers includes material from Thomas Longshore, his brother Joseph Longshore, and his wife Hannah E. Myers Longshore. Thomas Longshore was a teacher and a supporter of women's education and social reform, especially abolition. Joseph Longshore (1809-1879) was a physician who supported women in acquiring quality medical education. He was active in founding the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania and later, the Penn Medical University in Philadelphia. Hannah E. Myers Longshore, M.D. (1819-1901), enrolled in and graduated from the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania’s first class in 1851 and became Philadelphia’s first female physician in private practice. She lectured extensively first at the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania and then at the Pennsylvania Medical University. She operated her private practice in Philadelphia for forty years before retiring in 1892. The Longshore family papers contains biographical and autobiographical sketches, a history of the Female Medical College, and a small amount of correspondence.

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Longshore, Hannah, 1819-1901

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The Longshore family was deeply active in Philadelphia medicine in the 19th century and involved in some of the earliest education of women in medicine in the United States. Joseph Skelton Longshore was a founder of the Female Medical College (later the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania) and the Pennsylvania Medical University. His sister Anna Longshore and his sister-in-law Hannah E. Myers Longshore were both members of the first graduating class of the Female Medical College...

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Longshore, Thomas E.

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The Longshore family was deeply active in Philadelphia medicine in the 19th century and involved in some of the earliest education of women in medicine in the United States. Joseph Skelton Longshore was a founder of the Female Medical College (later the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania) and the Pennsylvania Medical University. His sister Anna Longshore and his sister-in-law Hannah E. Myers Longshore were both members of the first graduating class of the Female Medical College...

Longshore, J. S. (Joseph Skelton), 1809-1879

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The Longshore family was deeply active in Philadelphia medicine in the 19th century and involved in some of the earliest education of women in medicine in the United States. Joseph Skelton Longshore was a founder of the Female Medical College (later the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania) and the Pennsylvania Medical University. His sister Anna Longshore and his sister-in-law Hannah E. Myers Longshore were both members of the first graduating class of the Female Medical College...