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SUMMARY:Trailblazers in Care: Women in Medicine and Public Health in Springfield
DESCRIPTION:Trailblazers in Care: Women in Medicine and Public Health in Springfield \n\nJoin us for a fascinating program exploring the stories of pioneering women who reshaped medicine and public health in Western MA.\n\n\n\nThis Women’s History Month\, join us for a fascinating program exploring the stories of pioneering women who reshaped medicine and public health in Springfield and Western Massachusetts. \nLearn about Dr. Seraph Frissell\, one of the first women admitted to the Massachusetts Medical Society and a Springfield physician whose medical writings challenged convention\, and Dr. Mary Phylinda Dole\, a trailblazing “country doctor” who became the first female physician at Franklin County Public Hospital and devoted her career to opening doors for women in medicine. We’ll also place their achievements in the broader context of women’s medical leadership across Massachusetts\, from early public health advocacy to groundbreaking nursing education. \nThrough their lives\, we’ll discover how women challenged barriers\, advanced healthcare\, and left a legacy that continues to shape our communities today. This event will be on March 19 at pm. Please register here. \nAbout The Lecture Series and Presenter \nThis virtual lecture is part of the Donald Courtemanche Winter Lecture Series\, co-presented by the Springfield Preservation Trust\, Springfield Museums\, and Springfield City Library\, and generously underwritten by Bob McCarroll. The lecture will be streamed on the Springfield Preservation Trust Facebook Page. \nThe lecture will be presented by Dr. Kate Benson. Dr. Benson is the award-winning author of Hospital Hill and its companion novel\, Shadows in the Ward. She is also the author of Behind the Walls\, a volume on the history of insane asylums in institutions in New England. She is a special education teacher and architectural photographer who leads a lecture series on the history of mental illness and its treatment. She is currently hard at work on a number of asylum projects. She is also the owner of Otherwords Press\, an independent publishing imprint representing authors from all over the world. Kate is a former Springfield Preservation Trust board member and lives in Western Massachusetts with her husband\, her beagle\, and a very feisty cat. \nAbout the Springfield Preservation Trust \nFounded in 1972\, the Springfield Preservation Trust strives to preserve and protect properties in Springfield that have architectural or historic significance. As the only non-profit\, non-government advocacy group for historic preservation in Springfield\, the Trust will continue to be the voice of preservation into the future. To learn more\, visit our website at springfieldpreservation.org. \nPlease register here.
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