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Mary Phylinda Dole was an American physician who practiced in New England thought to be the first female physician at Franklin County Public Hospital, now known as Baystate Franklin Medical Center. [1] She
Mary Phylinda Dole was born in 1862 to George Carpenter Dole, a farmer, and Philinda Field Dole in Shelburne, Massachusetts. [2] After the deaths of both parents in 1871, she moved to live with a relative in Ashfield, Massachusetts, where she attended a local school and then Sanderson academy. [2] She attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary between 1881 and 1884 before graduating in 1886 {FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE}. Dole then studied medicine at the Women's Medical College of Baltimore from 1886-1888, earning her M.D. in just two years.{CITE FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE}. She attended Mount Holyoke again from 1888-1889 after the school received its college charter, becoming the first graduate to complete a Bachelor of Science degree there. {CITE FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE} Dole spent additional time studying at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France and visited medical clinics in Berlin and Dresden, Germany from 1894-1896. {CITE FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE}.
After graduating from Mount Holyoke College, Dole practiced medicine for a short time in Shelburne Falls, MA before accepting an internship and working at the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston until 1891. [3] [2] At that time, she opened a private practice in the Hovey House, which is now the Greenfield Public Library in Greenfield, Massachusetts. [1] Dole supported Mount Holyoke College as a trustee from 1901-1907, and remained involved in the college community for many years. [2] She served as a traveling "country doctor" to the area until she moved to New Haven, Connecticut in 1906 and established a new practice. {CITE FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE} She moved back to Massachusetts in 1919, and practiced medicine in Northampton until 1927. [2]
Dole's career was cut short by health issues, and she retired from medicine in 1927 at age 65. [4] She began a secondary career in hand-weaving, and became successful in this field as well. {CITE FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE} She worked with the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework. [5] Dole used the funds obtained from selling her work to create a fellowship to support the education of female medical students at Mount Holyoke. [4] The scholarship exists today as the Dr. Mary P. Dole Medical Fellowship. [6] Dole died in 1947 and is buried in the East Shelburne Cemetery. [1]
In 1902, Dole was elected as a member of the Franklin District Medical Society. [7]
She was President of the Mount Holyoke Club of Franklin County and Honorary President of the Mount Holyoke Club of New Haven [2]
In 1937, she became one of the fourteen first recipients of Mount Holyoke College's Medal of Honor for her service to the college as an alumnus. [8]
Mary Phylinda Dole named a number of influences in her life and career, including Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska, [4] her mentor Cornelia Clapp, [9] and Elizabeth Blackwell. [4]
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c L., Higgins, Thomas (2016).
Baystate Franklin Medical Center. Campbell, Sandra W.,, Campbell, Gina O. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
ISBN
9781439657126.
OCLC
969064644.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) - ^ a b c d e f "Dole papers, 1885-1947". Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Digital Collection -Dr. Mary P. Dole". www.americancenturies.mass.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ a b c d Sirridge, Marjorie S. (1996-10-01). "Daughters of Aesculapius: A Selected Bibliography of Autobiographies of Women Medical School Graduates 1849-1920". Literature and Medicine. 15 (2): 200–216. doi: 10.1353/lm.1996.0027. ISSN 1080-6571. PMID 8923437. S2CID 1382241.
- ^ Morton, E. (2011). The Object of Therapy: Mary E. Black and the Progressive Possibilities of Weaving. Utopian Studies, 22(2), 321-340.
- ^ "Alumnae Fellowships – Alumnae Association". alumnae.mtholyoke.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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^ C., Swedlund, Alan (2010).
Shadows in the valley : a cultural history of illness, death, and loss in New England, 1840-1916. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.
ISBN
9781558497207.
OCLC
286423296.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) - ^ "Alumnae Medal of Honor Recipients". Mount Holyoke College. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Rota, Tiziana., "Between 'true women' and 'new women' : Mount Holyoke students, 1837 to 1908." (1983). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 1394.
(Importance/Introduction)
Mary Phylinda Dole was an American physician who practiced in New England thought to be the first female physician at Franklin County Public Hospital, now known as Baystate Franklin Medical Center. [1] She
Mary Phylinda Dole was born in 1862 to George Carpenter Dole, a farmer, and Philinda Field Dole in Shelburne, Massachusetts. [2] After the deaths of both parents in 1871, she moved to live with a relative in Ashfield, Massachusetts, where she attended a local school and then Sanderson academy. [2] She attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary between 1881 and 1884 before graduating in 1886 {FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE}. Dole then studied medicine at the Women's Medical College of Baltimore from 1886-1888, earning her M.D. in just two years.{CITE FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE}. She attended Mount Holyoke again from 1888-1889 after the school received its college charter, becoming the first graduate to complete a Bachelor of Science degree there. {CITE FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE} Dole spent additional time studying at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France and visited medical clinics in Berlin and Dresden, Germany from 1894-1896. {CITE FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE}.
After graduating from Mount Holyoke College, Dole practiced medicine for a short time in Shelburne Falls, MA before accepting an internship and working at the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston until 1891. [3] [2] At that time, she opened a private practice in the Hovey House, which is now the Greenfield Public Library in Greenfield, Massachusetts. [1] Dole supported Mount Holyoke College as a trustee from 1901-1907, and remained involved in the college community for many years. [2] She served as a traveling "country doctor" to the area until she moved to New Haven, Connecticut in 1906 and established a new practice. {CITE FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE} She moved back to Massachusetts in 1919, and practiced medicine in Northampton until 1927. [2]
Dole's career was cut short by health issues, and she retired from medicine in 1927 at age 65. [4] She began a secondary career in hand-weaving, and became successful in this field as well. {CITE FROM ORIGINAL ARTICLE} She worked with the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework. [5] Dole used the funds obtained from selling her work to create a fellowship to support the education of female medical students at Mount Holyoke. [4] The scholarship exists today as the Dr. Mary P. Dole Medical Fellowship. [6] Dole died in 1947 and is buried in the East Shelburne Cemetery. [1]
In 1902, Dole was elected as a member of the Franklin District Medical Society. [7]
She was President of the Mount Holyoke Club of Franklin County and Honorary President of the Mount Holyoke Club of New Haven [2]
In 1937, she became one of the fourteen first recipients of Mount Holyoke College's Medal of Honor for her service to the college as an alumnus. [8]
Mary Phylinda Dole named a number of influences in her life and career, including Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska, [4] her mentor Cornelia Clapp, [9] and Elizabeth Blackwell. [4]
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a
b
c L., Higgins, Thomas (2016).
Baystate Franklin Medical Center. Campbell, Sandra W.,, Campbell, Gina O. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
ISBN
9781439657126.
OCLC
969064644.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) - ^ a b c d e f "Dole papers, 1885-1947". Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Digital Collection -Dr. Mary P. Dole". www.americancenturies.mass.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ a b c d Sirridge, Marjorie S. (1996-10-01). "Daughters of Aesculapius: A Selected Bibliography of Autobiographies of Women Medical School Graduates 1849-1920". Literature and Medicine. 15 (2): 200–216. doi: 10.1353/lm.1996.0027. ISSN 1080-6571. PMID 8923437. S2CID 1382241.
- ^ Morton, E. (2011). The Object of Therapy: Mary E. Black and the Progressive Possibilities of Weaving. Utopian Studies, 22(2), 321-340.
- ^ "Alumnae Fellowships – Alumnae Association". alumnae.mtholyoke.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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^ C., Swedlund, Alan (2010).
Shadows in the valley : a cultural history of illness, death, and loss in New England, 1840-1916. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.
ISBN
9781558497207.
OCLC
286423296.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) - ^ "Alumnae Medal of Honor Recipients". Mount Holyoke College. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- ^ Rota, Tiziana., "Between 'true women' and 'new women' : Mount Holyoke students, 1837 to 1908." (1983). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 1394.