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The Doctor Wore Petticoats: Women Physicians of the Old West
Women Medical Students – 1902
In the beginning, the prejudice female doctors encountered was displayed by women as well as men. Many women felt they would be better served by male doctors, who were taken seriously as professionals. A female doctor, by contrast, was considered merely a healer – unable to determine what was really wrong with a patient.
In hopes of dispelling that stereotype, women touted their expertise in a variety of publications. The following ad, for instance, appeared in a February 24, 1882, San Francisco newspaper: To the Ladies – Madame Costello, Female Physician, still continues to treat, with astonishing success, all diseases peculiar to females. Madame C can be consulted at her residence, 34 Lispenard Street.
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