Category Archives: Historical Collections
Anna F. Clancy & E. Grace Lotz: Early Women Graduates, School of Pharmacy, Class of 1906
Anna Francis Clancy and Elizabeth Grace Lotz, received their degree in Pharmacy in 1906, thus becoming the first woman graduates of the new UMSOP. According to the Terra Mariae Yearbook of 1906 the two women were close friends. Clancy even worked at Lotz’ family store during their senior year. There is little evidence of their time at the school; however, the yearbook gives some hints as to their treatment or standing with fellow male students. The Yearbook superlatives for both girls mentions potential interest by a “bachelor professor,” a concern never expressed before. Continue reading
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Dr. Florence Meda Gipe, First Dean of the School of Nursing, 1952-1966
Continuing the Women’s History Month Celebration is Dr. Florence Meda Gipe. Dr. Gipe joined the University of Maryland as the Director of Nursing Service and Nursing Education at the University Hospital in February 1946 after serving in several educational and director positions at nursing training schools at York Hospital, Providence Hospital and Reading Hospital. After accepting the role of director, Dr. Gipe began to challenge the existing educational standards of the University Hospital’s Nursing Training School. She believed nursing education should move towards more traditional academic methods away from the existing training model; in other words, she proposed nursing schools have more formal lectures, group discussions, and theory in addition to hands-on clinical training. She was angered by the menial tasks traditionally assigned to nurses and wanted the profession to undertake more challenging responsibilities such as taking blood pressure or give injections. Continue reading
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Josephine “Jody” Olsen, School of Social Work, Director United States Peace Corps
Continuing our Women’s History Month celebration is the School of Social Work’s, Jody Olsen, PhD, MSW and current Director of the Peace Corps. Olsen’s career with the Peace Corps began six decades ago as a volunteer in Tunisia, where she taught English after graduating from the University of Utah in 1965. She remained in Tunisia until 1968, when she returned to the United States and made Baltimore her home. Continue reading
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Dr. Georgiana Palmer Monks, University of Maryland Dental Department Class of 1909
Georgiana “Georgia” Palmer Monks became the first woman graduate of the University of Maryland Dental Department in 1909. She came from a small town in Tioga County, Pennsylvania; she was a graduate of Lock Haven State Normal School and taught in Chatham Valley before becoming a Dentist. Continue reading
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“I Belong Here” : Women’s History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore
March is Women’s History Month, the HSHSL will celebrate the month by honoring select UMB women through our blog and an exhibit, The First Women of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in the Weise Gallery. The University of Maryland, Baltimore as it is known today was formed through a number of mergers with other Baltimore area Colleges and Universities; additionally, the school was once a branch campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. Because of this, the history of women at UMB is intermingled with the histories of these schools and each accepted women into their programs at different times. Continue reading
Posted in Dentistry, Exhibits, Historical Collections, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy
Tagged UMB History, UMBSOD, UMBSOM, UMBSON, UMBSOP, UMBSSW, Womens History Month
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Esther E. McCready, First African American Graduate from the School of Nursing, Class of 1953
Culminating Black History month and ushering in March’s Women’s History Month, is Esther E. McCready, School of Nursing, Class of 1953. McCready was born on January 10, 1931 in Baltimore, MD; she graduated with honors from Dunbar High School in February 1948. During high school she worked as a nurses’ aid at Sinai Hospital maternity ward and following graduation worked at Johns Hopkins Hospital’s records department, which lead to her to choose the nursing profession. Continue reading
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Dean Natalie D. Eddington, First African American Dean of the School of Pharmacy
In 1957, Reverend James E. Hodges became the first African American graduate of the School of Pharmacy. Fifty years later, Natalie D. Eddington, PhD, FAAPS, FCP was named dean of the school becoming the first woman African American Dean at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). Continue reading
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Dr. Jesse J. Harris, First African American Dean of the School of Social Work
Dr. Jesse J. Harris graduated from the School of Social Work with a master’s degree in 1971 and again with a PhD in 1976. Following graduation he continued his military career in the Army serving as chief of social workers for the Army Surgeon General, consultant to the U.S. Ambassador to Mozambique, and finally as chief of Social Work Services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He retired from the Army in June 1990 as the Army’s highest ranking social worker. Continue reading
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Dr. Donald E. Wilson, first African-American Dean of the School of Medicine
In 1991, the University of Maryland School of Medicine named Dr. Donald E. Wilson the thirtieth dean of the school. At this time, Dr. Wilson was the first and only African-American dean at a traditionally white medical school. Continue reading
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Dr. Elton “Tony” Preston Maddox Jr.
In 1968, the first African American student entered the School of Dentistry; Elton Preston Maddox Jr. was born on a farm in Kingston, MD on November 17, 1946. He was the valedictorian of Carter G. Woodson High School in 1964 and entered Morgan State the following year, graduating from the University with honors in 1968. He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was on reserve status during his time at the School of Dentistry. Dr. Maddox graduated with honors from the School of Dentistry in 1972; he was the only African American Student during his four year tenure. In contrast, according to The Happenings, by January 1973 there were 32 African American Students in the School of Dentistry. Continue reading
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