Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi, MD — pediatric medicine, obstetrics and gynecology
Courtesy Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University
Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906) was an esteemed medical practitioner and teacher, a harsh critic of the exclusion of women from skilled professions, and a social reformer dedicated to the expansion of educational opportunities for women. Using her medical training, Dr. Jacobi refuted male doctors’ assumptions about menstruation’s negative impact on women’s ability to learn or work.
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