Monthly Archives: March 2020
Dr. Maureen Henderson, First Woman Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, 1971-1975
Rounding out our celebration of Women’s History Month 2020 is Dr. Maureen Henderson. Dr. Henderson joined the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) in 1960 as an instructor. She was born in Tynemouth, England in 1926 to Dr. Leo E. and Helen McGrath Henderson. She was a graduate in medicine and public health from the University of Durham, England. Continue reading
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Tagged Department of Preventive Medicine, UMBSOM, Womens History Month
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Meet Online With Your Librarian!
Librarians from the Health Sciences and Human Services Library are happy to meet online, via Webex, for research consultations. We can help with your literature search, teach you to use a citation manager, collaborate on your systematic review, and more. … Continue reading
HS/HSL E-books – Unlimited Access
E-books owned by the HS/HSL which only have a few simultaneous users now have unlimited access thanks to ProQuest and EBSCO. They have been working with a growing list of publishers to make this possible. The extended access will be … Continue reading
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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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Tagged Class of 1906, UMBSOP, Womens History Month
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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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Tagged UMBSON, Women's History Month
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HS/HSL’s Response to COVID-19
Beginning March 14th, the LIbrary is closed until further notice. Online services and resources will continue to be available. For more information click here.
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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
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Tagged UMB History, UMBSOD, UMBSOM, UMBSON, UMBSOP, UMBSSW, Womens History Month
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