Mary Harris Thompson
Mary Harris Thompson, MD, 1829 1895, was the founder, head physician and surgeon of the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children, renamed Mary Harris Thompson Hospital after her death in 1895. She was one of the first women to practice medicine in Chicago.pp.7
Thompson was born in Fort Ann, Washington County, New York, April 15, 1829.pp.9 She was the daughter of John Harris and Calista Corbin Thompson. She began her studies at a nearby school, then transferred to Fort Edward Institute, New York. She continued her studies at West Poultney Academy, Vermont, and in 1860 enrolled in classes at the New England Female Medical College in Boston. During this time she spent one year in an internship at the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. She received her medical degree in 1863.pp.910
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