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Ann Preston, MD — education (teaching)

Courtesy National Library of Medicine, Images from the History of Medicine, B030140

As the first woman to be made dean of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP), Ann Preston campaigned for her students to be admitted to clinical lectures at the Philadelphia Hospital and the Pennsylvania Hospital. Despite the hostility of the all-male student groups, she was determined to negotiate the best educational opportunities for the students of WMCP.

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